Barred Wren-Warbler

SCI Name:  Calamonastes fasciolatus
Protonym:  Drymoica fasciolata Ill.Zool.S.Afr. pl.111 fig.2,text
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Calamonastes
Taxonomy Code:  bawwar1
Type Locality:  northeast of Latakoo (= Kuruman), northern Cape Province.
Author:  Smith, A
Publish Year:  1847
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CALAMONASTES
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Barred Wren-warbler C. fasciolatus) Gr. καλαμος kalamos  reed; αστης astēs  singer  < αειδω aeidō  to sing; "e'.Wing much longer than tail.   g''.Tarsus strongly scutellated. . . . . .18. CALAMONASTES, p. 133.   ...  18. CALAMONASTES.  ...  Range. South Africa, extending into Central Africa.  ...  1. Calamonastes fasciolatus.   ...   2. Calamonastes undosus." (Sharpe 1883); "Calamonastes Sharpe, 1883, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 7, pp. 94 [in key], 133. Type, by subsequent designation (Shelley, 1896, Birds Africa, 1, p. 72), C. fasciolatus = Drymoica fasciolata A. Smith." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, pp. 191-192). These small birds are sometimes known as camaropteras.

fasciolata / fasciolatus
Med. L. fasciolatus  bandaged  < L. fasciola  little band  < dim. fascia  band.

SUBSPECIES

Barred Wren-Warbler (pallidior)
SCI Name: Calamonastes fasciolatus pallidior
pallidior / pallidiora
L. pallidior, pallidioris  paler  < comp. pallidus  pale  < pallere  to be pale.

Barred Wren-Warbler (fasciolatus)
SCI Name: Calamonastes fasciolatus fasciolatus
fasciolata / fasciolatus
Med. L. fasciolatus  bandaged  < L. fasciola  little band  < dim. fascia  band.

Barred Wren-Warbler (europhilus)
SCI Name: Calamonastes fasciolatus europhilus
europhila / europhilus
Gr. ευρως eurōs  dank, mould; φιλος philos  loving  < φιλεω phileō  to love  < φιλος philos  lover.