Banded parisoma
Appearance
Banded parisoma | |
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Near Lake Manyara, Tanzania | |
Song recorded in southwestern Kenya | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sylviidae |
Genus: | Curruca |
Species: | C. boehmi
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Binomial name | |
Curruca boehmi (Reichenow, 1882)
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Synonyms | |
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The banded parisoma[2] (Curruca boehmi), banded tit warbler or banded warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Measuring 4.75 in (12.1 cm)[2] in length, this bird is identified as gray on top, white below, with a dark chest band. The bird has variable spotting on the throat, white patches on his wing and outer tail, and buff coloring on the belly and undertail.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]Subspecies listed alphabetically:[4]
- C. b. boehmi (Reichenow, 1882) – S Kenya and NE, C & SW Tanzania
- C. b. marsabit (van Someren, 1931) – NC Kenya
- C. b. somalica (Friedmann, 1928) – NC, E & SW Ethiopia, NW Somalia and NE Kenya
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Curruca boehmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716883A94515503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716883A94515503.en. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ a b Zimmerman, D.A.; Turner, D.A. and Pearson, D.J. (1999) Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p.482.
- ^ "Banded Parisoma - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ Banded Warbler, IBC
External links
[edit]- Banded parisoma, Tanzania Birds
- Parisoma boehmi, ZipCodeZoo