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Stierling's Wren-Warbler

Calamonastes stierlingi Reichenow, A 1901

Stierling's wren-warbler, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae found in southern Africa. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the miombo wren-warbler. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cisticolidae
Genus:
   Calamonastes
Scientific:
  Calamonastes stierlingi

Original description

Citation:
  Reichenow, A 1901

Reference:
   Orn. Monatsber. 9 p.39

Protonym:
  Calamonastes stierlingi

Type locality:
  Songea, upper Ruvuma region, Tanganyika.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101676#page/57/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  13F7A4F9EB7E44BC

Avibase ID:
  avibase-13F7A4F9

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/13F7A4F9

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558976

Geographic range:

  • Calamonastes stierlingi: lowland and foothill in miombo and acacia woodland, and thickets on termitaria, from northern Zambia eastward to southeastern Tanzania and northern Mozambique, and southward to northeastern Botswana, eastern South Africa, and Eswatini
  • Calamonastes stierlingi stierlingi: southeastern Angola to northeastern Namibia, southern Zambia, eastern Tanzania, and Mozambique
  • Calamonastes stierlingi olivascens: southern coastal Tanzania to Malawi and coastal Mozambique
  • Calamonastes stierlingi irwini: far eastern Zambia to Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique
  • Calamonastes stierlingi pintoi: northeastern South Africa, Eswatini, and far southern Mozambique
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Afrikaans:
Stierlingsanger
Bulgarian:
Ръждив саванен певец
Catalan:
camaròptera de Stierling
Czech:
pěnicovec oranžovooký
Danish:
Skællet Gråsanger
German:
Wellenkehl-Bindensänger
Esperanto:
zambeza kamaroptero
Spanish:
Camaróptera del Stierling
Spanish (Spain):
Camaróptera del Stierling
Finnish:
raitakerttu
French:
Camaroptère de Stierling
Croatian:
prugastotrba prinija
Italian:
Camarottera di Stierling
Japanese (romaji):
shimahimetambimushikui
Japanese:
アカアシコムシクイ (stierlingi グループ)
Lithuanian:
Stirlingo karietaitinė devynbalsė
Dutch:
Kleine Savannezanger
Norwegian:
miombosmettsanger (stierlingi gr.)
Polish:
zebrynka pasiasta
Portuguese:
felosa-de-stierling
Portuguese (Portugal):
camaróptera-de-stierling
Russian:
Ястребиная зебрина
Slovak:
penička vlnkovaná
Serbian:
Štirlingova carićolika grmuša
Swedish:
zambezigärdsmygssångare
Turkish:
Stierling yazılı kamaropteri
Ukrainian:
Зебринка акацієва
Chinese:
斯氏拱翅莺
Chinese (Traditional):
施蒂氏拱翅鶯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Camaroptère de Stierling ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 2]
Clements 1st edition:
Stierling's Camaroptera ( Camaroptera stierlingi) [version 2]
Clements, version 2021:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Stierling's Camaroptera ( Camaroptera stierlingi) [version 2]
Clements 4th edition:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 2]
Clements, version 2019:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Miombo Wren-Warbler (Stierling's) ( Calamonastes undosus [stierlingi Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Miombo Wren-Warbler (Stierling's) ( Calamonastes undosus [stierlingi Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Miombo Wren-Warbler (Stierling's) ( Calamonastes undosus [stierlingi Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Miombo Wren-Warbler (Stierling's) ( Calamonastes undosus [stierlingi Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Miombo Wren-Warbler (Stierling's) ( Calamonastes undosus [stierlingi Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Stierling's Wren Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Stierling's Wren Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Stierling's Wren-warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Stierling's Camaroptera ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Calamonastes stierlingi [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Calamonastes stierlingi [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Calamonastes stierlingi [version 2]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 2]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Stierling's Wren-Warbler ( Calamonastes stierlingi) [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Calamonastes stierlingi [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Calamonastes stierlingi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Calamonastes [undosus or stierlingi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Stierlingsanger, Stierlingse Sanger
Bulgarian: Ръждив саванен певец
Catalan: camaròptera de Stierling
Czech: Penicovec oranžovooký, pěnicovec oranžovooký
Danish: Skællet Gråsanger
German: Stierling Bindensänger, Stierlingbindensänger, Stierling-Bindensänger, Wellenkehl-Bindensänger
English: Barred Wren Warbler, Eastern Barred Bush-Warbler, Miombo Barred Warbler, Miombo Wren-warbler, Miombo Wren-Warbler (Stierling's), Pale Wren-warbler, Stierling's Barred Warbler, Stierling's Barred Wren Warbler, Stierling's Camaroptera, Stierling's Wren Warbler, Stierling's Wren-Warbler, Woodland Barred Wren-Warbler
English (Avilist): Stierling's Wren-Warbler
English, HBW: Stierling's Wren-warbler
English (IOC): Stierling's Wren-Warbler
English (Kenya): Pale Wren Warbler (Stierling's)
English (United States): Stierling's Wren-Warbler
English (South Africa): Stierling's Wren-Warbler (Stierling's)
Esperanto: Stirlinga kalamonasto, zambeza kamaroptero
Spanish: Camaróptera de Stierling, Camaróptera del Miombo (grupo stierlingi), Camaróptera del Stierling
Spanish (Spain): Camaróptera del Miombo (grupo stierlingi), Camaróptera del Miombo [stierlingi Group], Camaróptera del Stierling
Spanish (HBW): Miombo Wren-Warbler (Stierling's)
Finnish: Raitakerttu
French: Camaroptère de Stierling, Camaroptère du miombo (de Stierling), Camaroptère du miombo [stierlingi], Fauvette-chanteur de Stierling
French (Guyane): Camaroptère de Stierling
Croatian: prugastotrba prinija
Italian: Bigia di Stierling, Camarottera di Stierling
Japanese (romaji): akaashikomushikui (stierlingi guru-pu), shimahimetambimushikui
Japanese: アカアシコムシクイ (stierlingi グループ)
Scientific: Calamonastes cinereus stierlingi, Calamonastes congica stierlingi, Calamonastes fasciolatus buttoni, Calamonastes katangae stierlingi, Calamonastes stierlingi, Calamonastes stierlingi buttoni, Calamonastes stierlingi stierlingi, Calamonastes undosus [stierlingi Group], Calamonastes undosus buttoni, Calamonastes undosus neglectus, Calamonastes undosus stierlingi, Camaroptera stierlingi, Camaroptera undosa stierlingi
Lithuanian: Stirlingo karietaitinė devynbalsė
Dutch: Kleine Savannezanger, Miombosavannezanger (stierlingi groep)
Norwegian: miombosmettsanger (stierlingi gr.)
Polish: zebrynka pasiasta
Portuguese: Felosa de Stierling, felosa-de-stierling
Portuguese (Angola): Felosa-carriça de Stierling
Portuguese (Portugal): camaróptera-de-stierling
Russian: Ястребиная зебрина
Slovak: penička vlnkovaná
Serbian: Štirlingova carićolika grmuša
Swedish: Fjällig calamonastes, zambezigärdsmygsångare, zambezigärdsmygssångare
Swahili: Kibwirosagi Miraba
Turkish: Stierling yazılı kamaropteri
Tsonga: Xingede
Ukrainian: Зебринка акацієва
Chinese: 斯氏拱翅莺
Chinese (Traditional): 施蒂氏拱翅鶯
Zulu: isadube

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