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Passeriformes

Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)

Small, mostly insectivorous passerines with rounded wings, rather long, often graduated tail in most species, weak legs and finely pointed bill; plumage ranges from cryptic in open-country species to brightly coloured among some forest and thicket species.
Africa, southern Europe, Asia and Australasia.
Forest, woodland, savanna, grassland, marshes and semi-arid to arid scrub.
27 genera, 145 species, 529 taxa.
11 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.

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1 1 6 1 Wedge-tailed Jery (Hartertula flavoviridis)
2 1 1 8 2 Common Jery (Neomixis tenella)
1 1 8 3 Green Jery (Neomixis viridis)
3 1 2 8 4 Stripe-throated Jery (Neomixis striatigula)
6 2 1 3 8 5 Mountain Tailorbird (Orthotomus cucullatus)
1 1 8 6 Rufous-headed Tailorbird (Orthotomus heterolaemus)
52 7 29 16 8 7 Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
9 3 2 4 8 8 Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
2 1 1 8 9 Philippine Tailorbird (Orthotomus castaneiceps)
3 3 8 10 Rufous-fronted Tailorbird (Orthotomus frontalis)
1 1 8 11 Grey-backed Tailorbird (Orthotomus derbianus)
21 14 3 4 8 12 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus)
7 5 2 8 13 Ashy Tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps)
1 1 8 14 Olive-backed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sepium)
1 1 8 15 White-eared Tailorbird (Orthotomus cinereiceps)
4 1 3 8 16 Black-headed Tailorbird (Orthotomus nigriceps)
2 1 1 6 17 Yellow-breasted Tailorbird (Orthotomus samarensis)
1 1 6 18 Rufous-vented Prinia (Prinia burnesii)
1 1 4 19 Swamp Prinia (Prinia cinerascens)
5 1 3 1 8 20 Striated Prinia (Prinia crinigera)
5 1 4 8 21 Brown Prinia (Prinia polychroa)
5 1 1 3 8 22 Hill Prinia (Prinia atrogularis)
1 1 4 23 Grey-crowned Prinia (Prinia cinereocapilla)
12 3 5 4 8 24 Rufous-fronted Prinia (Prinia buchanani)
4 1 1 2 8 25 Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens)
21 3 10 8 8 26 Grey-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
38 4 28 6 8 27 Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis)
16 1 9 6 8 28 Jungle Prinia (Prinia sylvatica)
14 4 5 5 8 29 Bar-winged Prinia (Prinia familiaris)
9 1 5 3 8 30 Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris)
33 4 19 10 8 31 Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
50 3 29 18 8 32 Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
23 1 8 14 8 33 Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava)
3 1 2 8 34 Pale Prinia (Prinia somalica)
1 1 8 35 River Prinia (Prinia fluviatilis)
9 1 7 1 8 36 Black-chested Prinia (Prinia flavicans)
14 11 3 8 37 Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa)
2 1 1 8 38 Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha)
3 1 2 8 39 Sao Tome Prinia (Prinia molleri)
4 2 2 8 40 Banded Prinia (Prinia bairdii)
1 1 8 41 Red-winged Warbler (Heliolais erythropterus)
8 1 3 4 8 42 Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops)
4 2 2 8 43 Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans)
3 2 1 8 44 Whistling Cisticola (Cisticola lateralis)
3 1 2 8 45 Trilling Cisticola (Cisticola woosnami)
1 1 8 46 Chattering Cisticola (Cisticola anonymus)
1 1 8 47 Bubbling Cisticola (Cisticola bulliens)
5 1 4 8 48 Chubb's Cisticola (Cisticola chubbi)
1 1 8 49 Hunter's Cisticola (Cisticola hunteri)
0 8 50 Black-lored Cisticola (Cisticola nigriloris)
4 1 3 8 51 Lazy Cisticola (Cisticola aberrans)
15 1 6 8 8 52 Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana)
3 1 2 8 53 Boran Cisticola (Cisticola bodessa)
1 1 8 54 Churring Cisticola (Cisticola njombe)
1 1 8 55 Ashy Cisticola (Cisticola cinereolus)
0 7 56 Tana River Cisticola (Cisticola restrictus)
3 3 8 57 Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus)
4 3 1 8 58 Grey-backed Cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla)
3 1 2 8 59 Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais)
1 1 8 60 Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes)
1 1 8 61 Luapula Cisticola (Cisticola luapula)
9 4 5 8 62 Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus)
8 5 3 8 63 Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris)
0 8 64 Coastal Cisticola (Cisticola haematocephala)
1 1 8 65 Chirping Cisticola (Cisticola pipiens)
4 1 3 8 66 Carruthers' Cisticola (Cisticola carruthersi)
11 1 8 2 8 67 Levaillant's Cisticola (Cisticola tinniens)
3 1 2 8 68 Stout Cisticola (Cisticola robustus)
0 3 69 Aberdare Cisticola (Cisticola aberdare)
4 2 2 8 70 Croaking Cisticola (Cisticola natalensis)
1 1 8 71 Red-pate Cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps)
1 1 8 72 Dorst's Cisticola (Cisticola guinea)
2 1 1 8 73 Tiny Cisticola (Cisticola nana)
4 2 2 8 74 Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus)
1 1 8 75 Rufous Cisticola (Cisticola rufus)
1 1 8 76 Foxy Cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes)
6 1 5 8 77 Neddicky (Cisticola fulvicapilla)
4 2 2 8 78 Tabora Cisticola (Cisticola angusticauda)
0 7 79 Black-tailed Cisticola (Cisticola melanurus)
51 1 27 23 8 80 Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
0 6 81 Socotra Cisticola (Cisticola haesitatus)
2 1 1 8 82 Madagascar Cisticola (Cisticola cherina)
1 1 8 83 Desert Cisticola (Cisticola aridulus)
0 8 84 Cloud Cisticola (Cisticola textrix)
2 2 8 85 Black-backed Cisticola (Cisticola eximius)
1 1 8 86 Dambo Cisticola (Cisticola dambo)
5 1 4 8 87 Pectoral-patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens)
0 8 88 Pale-crowned Cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus)
1 1 8 89 Wing-snapping Cisticola (Cisticola ayresii)
33 1 15 17 8 90 Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
1 1 8 91 Socotra Warbler (Incana incana)
7 1 4 2 8 92 Streaked Scrub-warbler (Scotocerca inquieta)
10 1 8 1 8 93 Rufous-eared Warbler (Malcorus pectoralis)
1 1 8 94 Black-faced Rufous-warbler (Bathmocercus rufus)
0 6 95 Black-capped Rufous-warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris)
0 4 96 Winifred's Warbler (Scepomycter winifredae)
12 1 2 9 8 97 Oriole Warbler (Hypergerus atriceps)
6 3 3 8 98 Grey-capped Warbler (Eminia lepida)
9 1 6 2 8 99 Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica)
1 1 3 100 Yellow-throated Apalis (Apalis flavigularis)
0 6 101 Namuli Apalis (Apalis lynesi)
0 2 102 Taita Apalis (Apalis fuscigularis)
5 1 4 8 103 Rudd's Apalis (Apalis ruddi)
11 1 8 2 8 104 Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida)
1 1 8 105 Masked Apalis (Apalis binotata)
5 2 3 8 106 Black-faced Apalis (Apalis personata)
1 1 8 107 Black-throated Apalis (Apalis jacksoni)
5 1 2 2 4 108 White-winged Apalis (Apalis chariessa)
1 1 8 109 Black-capped Apalis (Apalis nigriceps)
1 1 8 110 Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala)
0 8 111 Chirinda Apalis (Apalis chirindensis)
2 1 1 8 112 Chestnut-throated Apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema)
0 8 113 Kabobo Apalis (Apalis kaboboensis)
0 8 114 Chapin's Apalis (Apalis chapini)
3 1 2 8 115 Sharpe's Apalis (Apalis sharpii)
2 1 1 8 116 Buff-throated Apalis (Apalis rufogularis)
0 3 117 Kungwe Apalis (Apalis argentea)
1 1 4 118 Karamoja Apalis (Apalis karamojae)
3 1 2 8 119 Bamenda Apalis (Apalis bamendae)
1 1 8 120 Gosling's Apalis (Apalis goslingi)
3 2 1 8 121 Grey Apalis (Apalis cinerea)
1 1 8 122 Brown-headed Apalis (Apalis alticola)
2 1 1 8 123 Black-collared Apalis (Apalis pulchra)
2 2 8 124 Ruwenzori Apalis (Apalis ruwenzorii)
0 6 125 White-tailed Warbler (Poliolais lopezi)
24 1 6 17 8 126 Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
0 8 127 Hartert's Camaroptera (Camaroptera harterti)
2 1 1 8 128 Yellow-browed Camaroptera (Camaroptera superciliaris)
1 1 8 129 Olive-green Camaroptera (Camaroptera chloronota)
5 1 4 8 130 Grey Wren-warbler (Calamonastes simplex)
1 1 8 131 Miombo Wren-warbler (Calamonastes undosus)
1 1 8 132 Stierling's Wren-warbler (Calamonastes stierlingi)
2 1 1 8 133 Barred Wren-warbler (Calamonastes fasciolatus)
0 8 134 Cinnamon-breasted Warbler (Euryptila subcinnamomea)
1 1 2 135 Long-billed Tailorbird (Artisornis moreaui)
1 1 8 136 African Tailorbird (Artisornis metopias)
8 1 7 8 137 White-chinned Prinia (Schistolais leucopogon)
0 4 138 Sierra Leone Prinia (Schistolais leontica)
0 8 139 Green Longtail (Urolais epichlorus)
2 1 1 8 140 Namaqua Warbler (Phragmacia substriata)
0 8 141 Roberts's Warbler (Oreophilais robertsi)
6 6 8 142 Red-winged Grey Warbler (Drymocichla incana)
6 2 4 8 143 Cricket Warbler (Spiloptila clamans)
1 1 8 144 Red-fronted Warbler (Urorhipis rufifrons)
4 1 3 8 145 Buff-bellied Warbler (Phyllolais pulchella)

Family statistics

27 genera, 145 species

769 files covering
22 genera	(81%)
123 species	(85%)

306 videos covering
16 genera	(59%)
79 species	(54%)

381 photographs covering
20 genera	(74%)
104 species	(72%)

82 sound recordings covering
10 genera	(37%)
45 species	(31%)

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