Chubb's cisticola

Chubb's cisticola (Cisticola chubbi) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda and the Albertine Rift montane forests.

Chubb's cisticola

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. chubbi
Binomial name
Cisticola chubbi
Sharpe, 1892
Kakamega Forest - Kenya

There are four subspecies:[2]

  • C. c. adametzi Reichenow, 1910 – southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon
  • C. c. discolor Sjöstedt, 1893 – Mount Cameroon (southwest Cameroon) – brown-backed cisticola
  • C. c. chubbi Sharpe, 1892 – eastern DR Congo to western Kenya
  • C. c. marungensis Chapin, 1932 – Marungu highlands (southeastern DR Congo)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Cisticola chubbi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas & allies". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 August 2017.


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