Gray Wren-Warbler / Calamonastes simplex
WBN 
Gray Wren-Warbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Thamnobia simplex J.Orn. 26 p.205,221
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Calamonastes
Taxonomy Code: grywrw1
Type Locality: Ndi, Taita, Kenya.
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1878
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.
simplex
L. simplex, simplicis simple, plain.
● ex “Simple Tern” of Latham 1785 (Phaetusa ☼).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
