Avibase: Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis] (Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis])

Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis]

Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis] (= Cisticola aberrans) (Smith, A 1843)

The lazy cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It can be found mostly in Africa. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(Smith, A 1843)

Reference:
Ill. Zool. S. Afr. pt.17 pl.78,text

Protonym:
Drymoica aberrans

Type locality:
'near Port Natal' = Durban, Natal. Type, in British Museum (Natural History), labeled interior S. Afr., fide Lynes, 1930, Ibis, Cisticola Suppl., p. 615.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210547#page/335/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
AB6AE5817BB40528

Avibase ID:
avibase-AB6AE581

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/AB6AE581

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559306

Geographic range:

Cisticola aberrans emini: southern Kenya to northern Tanzania
Cisticola aberrans admiralis: Guinea to Sierra Leone, Mali, and southern Ghana
Cisticola aberrans petrophilus: northern Nigeria and Cameroon eastward to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern South Sudan, and northern Uganda
Cisticola aberrans: patchy in foothill and montane rocky slopes with grass, and grassy and miombo woodland, from southern Mauritania and Guinea eastward to southern South Sudan and southern Kenya, thence southward to western Angola and southern South Africa
Cisticola aberrans aberrans: southeastern Botswana and northeastern South Africa
Cisticola aberrans nyika: southwestern Tanzania to Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique
Cisticola aberrans lurio: Malawi (east of Rift Valley) and adjacent northwestern Mozambique
Cisticola aberrans minor: lowlands of southern Mozambique, eastern Eswatini, and eastern and southeastern South Africa
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis]
French:
Cisticole paresseuse ou C. pétrophile [excl. bailunduensis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis] ( Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis] ( Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis] ( Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis] ( Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis] ( Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis] ( Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis] ( Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis] ( Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis])
Avilist 2025: Rock-loving Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
Clements, version 2024: Rock-loving Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
Clements, version 2025: Rock-loving Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Rock-loving Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
eBird version 2025: Rock-loving Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Lazy Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Rock-loving Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Rock-loving Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Rock-loving Cisticola ( Cisticola aberrans) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Cisticola [aberrans or emini]

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Afrikaans: Luitinktinkie
Bulgarian: Скална цистикола
Catalan: cistícola mandrosa
Czech: cistovník rezavočapkový
Danish: Østlig Klippecisticola
German: Langschwanz-Zistensänger
English: Lazy Cisticola, Lazy or Rock-loving Cisticola [excl. bailunduensis], Rock-loving Cisticola
English (Avilist): Rock-loving Cisticola
English, HBW: Lazy Cisticola
English (IOC): Rock-loving Cisticola
English (Kenya): Rock-loving Cisticola
English (United States): Rock-loving Cisticola
English (South Africa): Lazy Cisticola
Esperanto: pigra cistikolo, Rokeja cistikolo
Spanish: Cistícola perezoso
Spanish (Spain): Cistícola perezoso
Estonian: nõlva-rohulind
Finnish: kallioherttu
French: Cisticole paresseuse, Cisticole paresseuse ou C. pétrophile [excl. bailunduensis]
Croatian: kamenjarska šivalica
Hungarian: hosszúfarkú szuharbújó
Icelandic: Flökkusöngvari
Italian: Cisticola delle rocce
Japanese (romaji): minamiiwasekka
Japanese: ミナミイワセッカ
Scientific: Cisticola [aberrans or emini, excl. bailunduensis], Cisticola aberrans, Cisticola aberrans aberrans, Drymoica aberrans
Lithuanian: Tingioji cistikola
Dutch: Langstaart-graszanger
Norwegian: Markgressanger
Polish: chwastówka skalna
Portuguese: Fuinha-preguiçosa
Portuguese (Portugal): fuinha-preguiçosa
Russian: Длиннохвостая цистикола
Slovak: cistovník kamenár
Shona: Timba
Serbian: Šivačica kamenjarka
Swedish: Rödhuvad grässångare
Swahili: Kidenenda Mvivu
Turkish: Kaya Yelpazekuyruğu
Tsonga: Matinti
Ukrainian: Таміка бура
Xhosa: Ungxengezi
Chinese: 懒扇尾莺
Chinese (Traditional): 岩棲扇尾鶯
Zulu: uNgcede