Pale-crowned Cisticola / Cisticola cinnamomeus
Pale-crowned Cisticola
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cisticola cinnamomea Orn.Monatsb. 12 p. 28
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Cisticola
Taxonomy Code: paccis1
Type Locality: Ngomingi, Uhehe, Tanganyika.
Author: Reichenow
Publish Year: 1904
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CISTICOLA
(Cisticolidae; † Zitting Cisticola C. juncidis cisticola) Gr. κιστις kistis little basket < dim. κιστη kistē basket; L. -cola dweller < colere to dwell (cf. specific name Sylvia cisticola Temminck, 1820 (= subsp. Cisticola juncidis)); the Zitting Cisticola, formerly known as Fan-tailed Warbler, is the only European member of this wide-ranging Old World, predominantly Afrotropical, genus of small monomorphic warblers; “2. Sylvia cisticola. ... 2. Zistensänger. Cisticola. E[ntwickelung]. Wie gewöhnlich. Ch[arakter]. Kleine Oleandersänger mit hellrostfarbigem, schwarz geflecktem Rücken. L[ebensart]. Sie leben wie die übrigen Rohrsänger, bauen aber ein trichterförmiges Nest ins hohe Gras.” (Kaup 1829); "Cisticola Kaup, 1829, Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte Europäisch. Thierwelt, p. 119. Type, by tautonymy, Sylvia cisticola Temminck." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 84).
Var. Cisiticola.
Synon. Calamanthella, Cistodyta, Drymodyta, Drymodytops, Dryodromas, Hemipteryx, Merion, Neocisticola, Nephelicola, Pseudhemipteryx, Rhathymodyta, Tachydyta, Threnetes, Threnodyta, Threnodytops, Threnolais.
cisticola
Gr. κιστις kistis little basket < dim. κιστη kistē basket; L. -cola dweller < colere to dwell.
cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
Mod. L. cinnamomeus cinnamon-coloured, cinnamomeous < L. cinnamomum or cinnamum cinnamon < Gr. κινναμωμον kinnamōmon or κινναμον kinnamon cinnamon.
● ex “Cinnamon Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Attila).
● ex “Pic jaune tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 524, “Pic mordoré” of de Buffon 1770-17783, and “Ferruginous Woodpecker” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Celeus elegans).
● ex “Cinnamon Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Certhiaxis).
● ex “Cinnamon Heron” of Latham 1785 (Ixobrychus).
SUBSPECIES
Pale-crowned Cisticola (midcongo)
SCI Name: Cisticola cinnamomeus midcongo
midcongo
Middle Congo River.
Pale-crowned Cisticola (cinnamomeus)
SCI Name: Cisticola cinnamomeus cinnamomeus
cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
Mod. L. cinnamomeus cinnamon-coloured, cinnamomeous < L. cinnamomum or cinnamum cinnamon < Gr. κινναμωμον kinnamōmon or κινναμον kinnamon cinnamon.
● ex “Cinnamon Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Attila).
● ex “Pic jaune tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 524, “Pic mordoré” of de Buffon 1770-17783, and “Ferruginous Woodpecker” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Celeus elegans).
● ex “Cinnamon Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Certhiaxis).
● ex “Cinnamon Heron” of Latham 1785 (Ixobrychus).
Pale-crowned Cisticola (egregius)
SCI Name: Cisticola cinnamomeus egregius
egregius
L. egregius admirable, excellent < ex out of; grex, gregis herd.
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)