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Desert Cisticola

Cisticola aridulus Witherby, HF 1900

The desert cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is present throughout much of Sub-Saharan Africa, although relatively absent from central and coastal western areas of the continent. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cisticolidae
Genus:
   Cisticola
Scientific:
  Cisticola aridulus


Original description

Citation:
  Witherby, HF 1900

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 11 p.13

Protonym:
  Cisticola aridula

Type locality:
  about 60 miles south of Khartoum, White Nile = Gerazi, fide Lynes, 1930, Ibis, Cisticola Suppl., p. 619.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114181#page/171/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A2C88219118B6016

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A2C88219

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A2C88219


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559310

Geographic range:

  • Cisticola aridulus aridulus: southern Mauritania and Senegal eastward to Sudan
  • Cisticola aridulus lavendulae: coastal Eritrea to Ethiopia and Somalia
  • Cisticola aridulus tanganyika: Kenya and Tanzania
  • Cisticola aridulus lobito: coastal Angola
  • Cisticola aridulus traylori: eastern Angola and far western Zambia
  • Cisticola aridulus eremicus: southern Angola to northern Namibia, southern Zambia, Zimbabwe, and northern Botswana
  • Cisticola aridulus perplexus: northern Zambia (Bangweulu swamps)
  • Cisticola aridulus kalahari: central Namibia to southern Botswana and South Africa
  • Cisticola aridulus caliginus: eastern South Africa (south to KwaZulu-Natal), Eswatini, and southern Mozambique
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English:
Desert Cisticola
Catalan:
cistícola del desert
Czech:
cistovník suchomilný
Danish:
Ørkencisticola
German:
Kalaharizistensänger
Spanish:
Cistícola del Kalahari
Spanish (Spain):
Cistícola del Kalahari
Finnish:
aroherttu
French:
Cisticole du désert
Croatian:
pustinjska šivalica
Hungarian:
kalahári szuharbújó
Italian:
Cisticola del deserto
Japanese (romaji):
sabakusekka
Japanese:
サバクセッカ
Lithuanian:
Dykuminė cistikola
Dutch:
Kalaharigraszanger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Ørkengrassongar
Norwegian:
Ørkengressanger
Polish:
chwastówka pustynna
Portuguese:
fuinha-do-deserto
Portuguese (Portugal):
fuinha-do-deserto
Russian:
Пустынная цистикола
Slovak:
cistovník púštny
Serbian:
Pustinjska šivačica
Swedish:
ökencistikola
Ukrainian:
Таміка пустельна
Chinese:
漠扇尾莺
Chinese (Traditional):
沙漠扇尾鶯


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Afrikaans: Woestynklopkloppie
Catalan: cistícola del desert
Czech: cistovník pouštní, Cistovník skvrnitoocasý, cistovník suchomilný
Welsh: Sisticola'r diffeithwch
Danish: Ørkencisticola
German: Kalaharicistensänger, Kalahari-Cistensänger, Kalaharizistensänger, Kalahari-Zistensänger
English: Desert Cisticola, Desert Fantail Warbler, Desert Grass-Warbler
English, HBW: Desert Cisticola
English (IOC): Desert Cisticola
English (Kenya): Desert Cisticola
English (United States): Desert Cisticola
Esperanto: Dezerta cistikolo
Spanish: Buitrón del Desierto, Cistícola del Kalahari
Spanish (Spain): Cistícola del Kalahari
Spanish (HBW): Desert Cisticola
Estonian: Kõnnu-rohulind
Finnish: Aroheinäkerttu, aroherttu
French: Cisticole du désert
Frisian: Woastyngerssjonger
Irish: Ceolaire gaineamhlaigh
Galician: Carriza do deserto
Croatian: pustinjska šivalica
Hungarian: kalahári szuharbújó
Italian: Beccamoschino del deserto, Cisticola del deserto
Japanese (romaji): sabakusekka
Japanese: サバクセッカ
Scientific: Cisticola aridula, Cisticola aridulus, Cisticola aridulus aridulus
Lithuanian: Dykuminė cistikola
Dutch: Kalaharigraszanger, Kalahari-graszanger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Ørkengrassongar
Norwegian: Ørkengressanger
Polish: chwastówka pustynna
Portuguese: Fuinha do deserto, Fuinha-do-deserto
Portuguese (Portugal): fuinha-do-deserto
Russian: Пустынная цистикола
Slovak: cistovník púštny
Shona: Kadhi-idhi-i
Serbian: Pustinjska šivačica
Sotho, Southern: Motintinyane
Swedish: ökencistikola, Ökengrässångare
Swahili: Kidenenda-jangwa
Turkish: Çöl yelpazekuyruğu
Tsonga: Matinti
Ukrainian: Таміка пустельна
Chinese: 漠扇尾莺
Chinese (Traditional): 沙漠扇尾鶯

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