Piping Cisticola

SCI Name:  Cisticola fulvicapilla
Protonym:  Sylvia fulvicapilla Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 11 p.217
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Cisticola
Taxonomy Code:  pipcis2
Type Locality:  Camdeboo ex Levaillant = Graaff-Reinet, eastern Cape Province.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1817
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.

fulvicapilla / fulvicapillus
L. fulvus tawny; -capillus -capped < capillus hair of the head.
● ex “Rousse-Tête” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 124 (Cisticola).
● ex Sylvia vermivora A. Wilson, 1811 (syn. Helmitheros vermivorus).

SUBSPECIES

Piping Cisticola (dispar)
SCI Name: Cisticola fulvicapilla dispar
dispar
L. dispar, disparis  different, dissimilar, unlike.

Piping Cisticola (hallae)
SCI Name: Cisticola fulvicapilla hallae
hallae / halli
● Beryl Patricia Hall née Woodhouse (1917-2010) English ornithologist, collector (subsp. Acrocephalus scirpaceus, subsp. Alophoixus ochraceus, syn. Anthus similis dewittei, subsp. Chamaetylas poliocephala, subsp. Cisticola fulvicapilla, syn. Eurillas virens, syn. Sheppardia bocagei chapini).
● Robert Hall (1867-1949) Australian ornithologist, President of the RAOU 1912-1913 (subsp. Aptenodytes patagonicus, subsp. Ceyx pusillus, Macronectes, subsp. Mirafra javanica, syn. Neophema splendida).
● Maj. Harold Wesley Hall (1888-1964) Australian marine researcher, philanthropist (Pomatostomus).

Piping Cisticola (muelleri)
SCI Name: Cisticola fulvicapilla muelleri
muelleri
● Salomon Müller (1804-1864) German explorer, ornithologist (syn. Accipiter griseogularis, subsp. Ficedula dumetoria, Heleia, syn. Mulleripicus pulverulentus, subsp. Oriolus flavocinctus, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, subsp. Pitta sordida, subsp. Rhipidura hyperythra (ex Rhipidura rufiventris Müller)).
● Prof. David Heinrich Müller (1846-1912) Austrian orientalist, linguist, explorer in Arabia 1897-1898 (syn. Anthodiaeta metallica).
● Johann Wilhelm Freiherr von Müller (1824-1866) German naturalist, collector in tropical Africa, North America and Mexico, Director of Jardin Zoologique, Bruxelles 1852-1854 (syn. Butastur rufipennis, Merops, syn. Passer euchlorus, syn. Ploceus luteolus).
● Anton Müller (1799-1864) German civil servant, naturalist (syn. Calidris alba, syn. Larus marinus).
● C. Müller (fl. 1910) skinner for Graf von Zedlitz und Trützschler in tropical Africa 1908-1910 (syn. Cichladusa guttata rufipennis, subsp. Ortygospiza atricollis, syn. Tchagra senegalus habessinicus, syn. Uraeginthus cyanocephalus).
● Maj. Müller (d. 1898) explorer in tropical Africa (subsp. Cisticola fulvicapilla, syn. Cisticola lais semifasciatus).
● Lorenz Müller (1868-1953) German herpetologist, collector in Brazil (syn. Cettia cetti sericea, Cranioleuca, subsp. Phaethornis superciliosus).
● Otto Frederik Müller (1730-1784) Danish naturalist (syn. Gavia stellata).
● Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich Freiherr von Mueller (1825–1896) German/Australian botanist, acclimatizer (Lewinia).
● Alfred Müller (d. 1931) German Consul in Palma, Mallorca (syn. Troglodytes troglodytes kabylorum).

Piping Cisticola (dexter)
SCI Name: Cisticola fulvicapilla dexter
dexter / dextra
L. dexter, dextera or dextra  on the right (i.e. eastern), favourable (in omens; ancient augurs faced north, with the east to their right).
● Bathoen Dam, Kanye, south-eastern Botswana (subsp. Cisticola fulvicapilla).
● Jalapa, Vera Cruz, eastern Mexico (subsp. Piranga hepatica).

Piping Cisticola (lebombo)
SCI Name: Cisticola fulvicapilla lebombo
lebombo / lebomboensis
Lebombo Mts., northern Zululand, Natal / KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Piping Cisticola (ruficapilla)
SCI Name: Cisticola fulvicapilla ruficapilla
ruficapilla / ruficapillum / ruficapillus
L. rufus  red, ruddy, rufous; -capillus  -capped  < capillus  hair of the head.
● ex “Tutu” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 52, and “Motmot Oranroux” of Levaillant 1806 < French orange orange; roux red (Baryphthengus).
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (Chrysomus).
● ex “Rousse-Tête” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 124 (syn. Cisticola fulvicapillus).
● ex “Ficedula martinicana” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à tête rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Bloody-side Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● ex “Tachurí corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 164 (syn. Euscarthmus meloryphus).
● ex “Suirirí cabeza y rabadilla de canela” (= ♀) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 178 (syn. Knipolegus cyanirostris).
● ex “Guêpier Rousse Tête” or “Guêpier Bonelli” of Levaillant 1814, pl. 19 (syn. Merops superciliosus).
● ex “Ortolan de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 158, fig. 1 (syn. Zonotrichia leucophrys).

Piping Cisticola (fulvicapilla)
SCI Name: Cisticola fulvicapilla fulvicapilla
fulvicapilla / fulvicapillus
L. fulvus tawny; -capillus -capped < capillus hair of the head.
● ex “Rousse-Tête” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 124 (Cisticola).
● ex Sylvia vermivora A. Wilson, 1811 (syn. Helmitheros vermivorus).

Piping Cisticola (dumicola)
SCI Name: Cisticola fulvicapilla dumicola
dumicola
L. dumicola  thicket-dweller  < dumus, dumi  thorn-bush; -cola  -dweller  < colere  to dwell.
● ex “Contramaestre azuladillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 158 (Polioptila).

Piping Cisticola (silberbauer)
SCI Name: Cisticola fulvicapilla silberbauer
silberbauer
Original spelling of subsp. name Drymodromas fulvicapilla silberbaueri Roberts, 1919.