Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus] (Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola)

Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola

Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus] (= Cisticola brunnescens) Heuglin, MT 1862

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
Heuglin, MT 1862

Reference:
J. f. Orn. 10, no.58 p.289

Protonym:
Cisticola brunnescens

Type locality:
Gudofelasi (= Godofelassi), in Hamasen, Eritrea; altitude 6,000 feet.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101707#page/315/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
FA42859CA552F053

Avibase ID:
avibase-FA42859C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FA42859C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559314

Geographic range:

Cisticola brunnescens: lowland to montane short-grass savanna, highland grassland, and heath, from central Cameroon eastward to Eritrea, Ethiopia, and northwestern Somalia, thence southward to southern Gabon and Republic of the Congo, and highlands of western Kenya and northern Tanzania
Cisticola brunnescens brunnescens: Ethiopia and northwestern Somalia
Cisticola brunnescens wambera: northwestern Ethiopia (Wambera Plateau)
Cisticola brunnescens nakuruensis: highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania (west of Rift Valley)
Cisticola brunnescens hindii: highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania (east of Rift Valley)
Cisticola brunnescens lynesi: highlands of western Cameroon
Cisticola brunnescens mbangensis: northern Cameroon (Adamawa Plateau)
Cisticola cinnamomeus: patchy in lowland to montane wet grassland from southeastern Gabon eastward to southwestern Tanzania, thence southward to Angola and eastern South Africa
Cisticola cinnamomeus cinnamomeus: southern Tanzania to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Angola
Cisticola cinnamomeus midcongo: southeastern Gabon (Teke Plateau)
Cisticola cinnamomeus egregius: southern Mozambique to South Africa
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola
French:
Cisticole brune ou C. châtaine

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Pectoral-patch, Wetland or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or taciturnus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Pectoral-patch, Wetland or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or taciturnus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Pectoral-patch or Pale-crowned Cisticola ( Cisticola [brunnescens or cinnamomeus])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cisticole brune ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Cisticola brunnescens [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Cisticola brunnescens [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Cisticola brunnescens [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Pectoral-patch Cisticola ( Cisticola brunnescens) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cisticola brunnescens [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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