Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla] (Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola)

Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola

Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla] (= Cisticola ruficeps) (Cretzschmar, PJ 1830)

The red-pate cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and swamps. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cisticolidae
Genus:
   Cisticola
Scientific:
  Cisticola ruficeps

Original description

Citation:
(Cretzschmar, PJ 1830)

Reference:
Atlas Reise nördl. Afr. Rüppell, Zool. Vög. (1826) p.54 pl.36 fig.a

Protonym:
Malurus ruficeps

Type locality:
Kordofan.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140826

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
8338F12F688FE0A5

Avibase ID:
avibase-8338F12F

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8338F12F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559348

Geographic range:

Cisticola ruficeps ruficeps: Chad, southwestern Sudan, and southwestern South Sudan
Cisticola ruficeps scotopterus: Central Sudan (White and Blue Nile valleys) to Eritrea
Cisticola mongalla: south central South Sudan (upper White Nile) and northern Uganda

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola
French:
Cisticole à tête rousse ou C. de Mongalla

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola ( Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola ( Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola ( Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola ( Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola ( Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola ( Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola ( Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola ( Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola ( Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-pate or Mongalla Cisticola ( Cisticola [ruficeps or mongalla])
Birdlife checklist version 01: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cisticole à tête rousse ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Red-pate Cisticola ( Cisticola ruficeps) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Cisticola [ruficeps, mongalla or guinea]

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