Miombo Wren-Warbler

SCI Name:  Calamonastes undosus
Protonym:  Drymoeca undosa J.Orn. 30 no.158 p.211
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Calamonastes
Taxonomy Code:  miowrw2
Type Locality:  Kakoma, Tanganyika.
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1882
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.

undosa / undosus
L. undosus full of waves < unda wave.

SUBSPECIES

Miombo Wren-Warbler (cinereus)
SCI Name: Calamonastes undosus cinereus
cinereum / cinereus
L. cinereus  ash-grey, ash-coloured  < cinis, cineris  ashes.
● ex “Cinereous or Ash-coloured Vulture” of Willughby 1676, and Latham 1781, “Vultur cinereus” of Ray 1713, “Vultur fusco-nigricans” of Brisson 1760, and “Vautour” or “Grand Vautour” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 425, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Aegypius monachus).
● ex “Maracana” of Willughby 1676, “Maracana Brasiliensibus” of Ray 1713, “Psittacus brasiliensis cinereus” of Brisson 1760, and “Cinereous Parrot” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Anodorhynchus glaucus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche roux de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Attila rufus).
● ex “Falco freti Hudsonis” of Brisson 1760, “Faucon de la Baie d’Hudson” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ash-coloured Buzzard” of Latham 1781 (syn. Buteo buteo).
● ex “Cinereous Wattle-bird” of Latham 1781 (Callaeas).
● ex “Ash-bellied Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Campylopterus largipennis).
● ex “Gavilan del campo ceniciento” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos.32, 33 (Circus).
● ex “Grive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 515 (?Cotinga sp.).
● ex “Tinamou cendré” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cinereous Tinamou” of Latham 1785 (Crypturellus).
● ex “Cotinga Cendré” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Lipaugus vociferans).
● ex “Wax-billed Barbet” of Latham, 1782 (syn. Monasa niger).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Manakin cendré de Cayenne” (= ♂) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 687, fig. 1, and “Oiseau cendré de la Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Cinereous Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● ex “Mésange Grise au Joue Blanche” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 139, fig. 2 (Parus).
● ex “Oiseaux grises” or “Oies de plein” of Pernety 1769, “Race horse Duck” of Pernety 1771, and “Loggerhead Goose” of Latham 1785 (syn. Tachyeres brachypterus).
● ex “Grey and Yellow Flycatcher” of Edwards 1751 (Todirostrum).
● "57. MEROPS.  ...  cinereus.  3. M. rubro flavoque variegatus, subtus flavo-rubescens, rectricibus duabus longissimis rubris.  Avicula de gvauheilui [= Quauhcilui]. Seb. mus. I. p. 50. t. 30. f. 10.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.)
● (Forster 1781) ex “Merula Indica cinerea” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Merula Indica cinerea” of Brisson 1760, “Merle cendré des Indes” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ash-coloured Thrush” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Miombo Wren-Warbler (katangae)
SCI Name: Calamonastes undosus katangae
katanga / katangae / katangensis
Katanga, Belgian Congo / DR Congo.

Miombo Wren-Warbler (huilae)
SCI Name: Calamonastes undosus huilae
huilae
Huila Dept., Colombia.

Miombo Wren-Warbler (undosus)
SCI Name: Calamonastes undosus undosus
undosa / undosus
L. undosus full of waves < unda wave.