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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: lowland and foothill desert grassland, and semi-arid savanna, from southern Mauritania and Senegal eastward through the Sahel to Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, thence southward to Kenya and northern Tanzania, and from western Angola and northern Zambia through northern Namibia and Botswana, to central and eastern South Africa; Sahel populations nomadic with rains
  • 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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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Desert Cisticola
Afrikaans:
Woestynklopkloppie
Azerbaijani:
Adi səhra yelpikquyruğu
Bulgarian:
Пустинна цистикола
Catalan:
cistícola del desert
Czech:
cistovník suchomilný
Danish:
Ørkencisticola
German:
Kalaharizistensänger
Esperanto:
dezerta cistikolo
Spanish:
Cistícola del Kalahari
Spanish (Spain):
Cistícola del Kalahari
Estonian:
Kõnnu-rohulind
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
Turkish:
Çöl yelpazekuyruğu
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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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avilist 2025:
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Woestynklopkloppie
Azerbaijani: Adi səhra yelpikquyruğu
Bulgarian: Пустинна цистикола
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 (Avilist): Desert Cisticola
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
French (Guyane): 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 (Angola): 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
Zulu: uncede wehlane

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