Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa Scientific name definitions
Peter Ryan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2006
Text last updated January 1, 2006
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | cistícola borana |
Dutch | Borangraszanger |
English | Boran Cisticola |
English (United States) | Boran Cisticola |
French | Cisticole des Borans |
French (France) | Cisticole des Borans |
German | Boranzistensänger |
Japanese | エチオピアセッカ |
Norwegian | boranagressanger |
Polish | chwastówka stokowa |
Russian | Боранская цистикола |
Slovak | cistovník okrovohlavý |
Spanish | Cistícola Boran |
Spanish (Spain) | Cistícola boran |
Swedish | borancistikola |
Turkish | Boran Yelpazekuyruğu |
Ukrainian | Таміка боранська |
Cisticola bodessa Mearns, 1913
PROTONYM:
Cisticola subruficapilla bodessa
Mearns, 1913. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 61 no.11, p.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bodessa, near the Sagan River, southern Abyssinia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CISTICOLA
- cisticola
- bodessa
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Field Identification
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Two subspecies recognized.Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Cisticola bodessa bodessa Scientific name definitions
Distribution
N Eritrea, SE South Sudan, S Ethiopia and Kenya.
Cisticola bodessa bodessa Mearns, 1913
PROTONYM:
Cisticola subruficapilla bodessa
Mearns, 1913. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 61 no.11, p.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bodessa, near the Sagan River, southern Abyssinia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CISTICOLA
- cisticola
- bodessa
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Cisticola bodessa kaffensis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Gibe Valley, in C Ethiopia.
Cisticola bodessa kaffensis Érard, 1974
PROTONYM:
Cisticola bodessa kaffensis
Érard, 1974. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 94 (1), p.32.
TYPE LOCALITY:
between Walkite (= Uolchitte) and Abalti, ca. lat. 8° 12' N., long. 37° 40' E., Kaffa Province, Ethiopia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CISTICOLA
- cisticola
- bodessa
- kaffanus / kaffensis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.