The wailing cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO 1870)
Reference:
Vög. Ost.-Afr. [Finsch & Hartlaub]
Protonym:
Drymoica lais
Type locality:
Natal.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49512#page/259/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
5FD105629EB52487
Avibase ID:
avibase-5FD10562
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5FD10562
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559336
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cisticole plaintive ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Wailing Cisticola (Wailing) ( Cisticola lais [lais Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Wailing Cisticola (Wailing) ( Cisticola lais [lais Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Wailing Cisticola (Wailing) ( Cisticola lais [lais Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Wailing Cisticola (Wailing) ( Cisticola lais [lais Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Wailing Cisticola (Wailing) ( Cisticola lais [lais Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Wailing Cisticola (Wailing) ( Cisticola lais [lais Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Wailing Cisticola (Wailing) ( Cisticola lais [lais Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Wailing Cisticola (Wailing) ( Cisticola lais [lais Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Wailing Cisticola (Wailing) ( Cisticola lais [lais Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Wailing Cisticola (Wailing) ( Cisticola lais [lais Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Wailing Cisticola ( Cisticola lais) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cisticola lais [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cisticola lais [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Cisticola [lais or distinctus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
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