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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, 146 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)
5 1 1 3 8 4 Stripe-throated Jery (Neomixis striatigula)
11 7 1 3 8 5 Mountain Tailorbird (Orthotomus cucullatus)
1 1 8 6 Rufous-headed Tailorbird (Orthotomus heterolaemus)
79 8 52 19 8 7 Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
10 3 3 4 8 8 Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
3 2 1 8 9 Philippine Tailorbird (Orthotomus castaneiceps)
3 3 8 10 Rufous-fronted Tailorbird (Orthotomus frontalis)
2 1 1 8 11 Grey-backed Tailorbird (Orthotomus derbianus)
24 15 5 4 8 12 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus)
14 9 5 8 13 Ashy Tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps)
3 1 2 8 14 Olive-backed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sepium)
3 1 2 8 15 White-eared Tailorbird (Orthotomus cinereiceps)
4 1 3 8 16 Black-headed Tailorbird (Orthotomus nigriceps)
3 1 1 1 6 17 Yellow-breasted Tailorbird (Orthotomus samarensis)
2 1 1 6 18 Rufous-vented Prinia (Prinia burnesii)
1 1 4 19 Swamp Prinia (Prinia cinerascens)
10 1 5 4 8 20 Striated Prinia (Prinia crinigera)
8 3 5 8 21 Brown Prinia (Prinia polychroa)
8 1 4 3 8 22 Hill Prinia (Prinia atrogularis)
2 1 1 4 23 Grey-crowned Prinia (Prinia cinereocapilla)
15 3 8 4 8 24 Rufous-fronted Prinia (Prinia buchanani)
4 1 1 2 8 25 Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens)
27 4 13 10 8 26 Grey-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
43 4 33 6 8 27 Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis)
18 1 11 6 8 28 Jungle Prinia (Prinia sylvatica)
17 4 8 5 8 29 Bar-winged Prinia (Prinia familiaris)
10 1 5 4 8 30 Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris)
40 4 26 10 8 31 Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
69 5 40 24 8 32 Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
28 1 10 17 8 33 Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava)
3 1 2 8 34 Pale Prinia (Prinia somalica)
1 1 8 35 River Prinia (Prinia fluviatilis)
10 1 8 1 8 36 Black-chested Prinia (Prinia flavicans)
22 3 13 6 8 37 Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa)
3 1 1 1 8 38 Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha)
4 1 1 2 8 39 Sao Tome Prinia (Prinia molleri)
5 1 2 2 8 40 Banded Prinia (Prinia bairdii)
1 1 8 41 Red-winged Warbler (Heliolais erythropterus)
10 1 5 4 8 42 Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops)
5 1 2 2 8 43 Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans)
6 2 3 1 8 44 Whistling Cisticola (Cisticola lateralis)
3 1 2 8 45 Trilling Cisticola (Cisticola woosnami)
2 2 8 46 Chattering Cisticola (Cisticola anonymus)
1 1 8 47 Bubbling Cisticola (Cisticola bulliens)
11 6 5 8 48 Chubb's Cisticola (Cisticola chubbi)
1 1 8 49 Hunter's Cisticola (Cisticola hunteri)
2 2 8 50 Black-lored Cisticola (Cisticola nigriloris)
6 1 5 8 51 Lazy Cisticola (Cisticola aberrans)
26 1 12 13 8 52 Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana)
4 1 1 2 8 53 Boran Cisticola (Cisticola bodessa)
3 1 2 8 54 Churring Cisticola (Cisticola njombe)
2 2 8 55 Ashy Cisticola (Cisticola cinereolus)
0 7 56 Tana River Cisticola (Cisticola restrictus)
7 1 3 3 8 57 Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus)
8 6 2 8 58 Grey-backed Cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla)
5 1 3 1 8 59 Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais)
1 1 8 60 Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes)
1 1 8 61 Luapula Cisticola (Cisticola luapula)
11 6 5 8 62 Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus)
12 9 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's Cisticola (Cisticola carruthersi)
18 1 13 4 8 67 Levaillant's Cisticola (Cisticola tinniens)
5 3 2 8 68 Stout Cisticola (Cisticola robustus)
1 1 3 69 Aberdare Cisticola (Cisticola aberdare)
5 3 2 8 70 Croaking Cisticola (Cisticola natalensis)
2 2 8 71 Red-pate Cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps)
1 1 8 72 Dorst's Cisticola (Cisticola guinea)
4 1 2 1 8 73 Tiny Cisticola (Cisticola nana)
6 4 2 8 74 Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus)
1 1 8 75 Rufous Cisticola (Cisticola rufus)
2 2 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)
74 2 41 31 8 80 Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
1 1 6 81 Socotra Cisticola (Cisticola haesitatus)
3 2 1 8 82 Madagascar Cisticola (Cisticola cherina)
2 2 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)
6 2 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)
36 2 16 18 8 90 Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
2 2 8 91 Socotra Warbler (Incana incana)
10 1 6 3 8 92 Streaked Scrub-warbler (Scotocerca inquieta)
10 1 8 1 8 93 Rufous-eared Warbler (Malcorus pectoralis)
2 1 1 8 94 Black-faced Rufous-warbler (Bathmocercus rufus)
0 6 95 Black-capped Rufous-warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris)
0 10 96 Rubeho Warbler (Scepomycter rubehoensis)
0 4 97 Winifred's Warbler (Scepomycter winifredae)
14 2 2 10 8 98 Oriole Warbler (Hypergerus atriceps)
7 1 3 3 8 99 Grey-capped Warbler (Eminia lepida)
12 1 7 4 8 100 Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica)
1 1 3 101 Yellow-throated Apalis (Apalis flavigularis)
0 6 102 Namuli Apalis (Apalis lynesi)
0 2 103 Taita Apalis (Apalis fuscigularis)
6 1 5 8 104 Rudd's Apalis (Apalis ruddi)
15 1 10 4 8 105 Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida)
1 1 8 106 Masked Apalis (Apalis binotata)
5 2 3 8 107 Black-faced Apalis (Apalis personata)
2 2 8 108 Black-throated Apalis (Apalis jacksoni)
5 1 2 2 4 109 White-winged Apalis (Apalis chariessa)
4 3 1 8 110 Black-capped Apalis (Apalis nigriceps)
5 1 2 2 8 111 Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala)
0 8 112 Chirinda Apalis (Apalis chirindensis)
2 1 1 8 113 Chestnut-throated Apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema)
0 8 114 Kabobo Apalis (Apalis kaboboensis)
0 8 115 Chapin's Apalis (Apalis chapini)
4 2 2 8 116 Sharpe's Apalis (Apalis sharpii)
2 1 1 8 117 Buff-throated Apalis (Apalis rufogularis)
0 3 118 Kungwe Apalis (Apalis argentea)
2 1 1 4 119 Karamoja Apalis (Apalis karamojae)
4 2 2 8 120 Bamenda Apalis (Apalis bamendae)
1 1 8 121 Gosling's Apalis (Apalis goslingi)
3 2 1 8 122 Grey Apalis (Apalis cinerea)
1 1 8 123 Brown-headed Apalis (Apalis alticola)
5 1 3 1 8 124 Black-collared Apalis (Apalis pulchra)
3 1 2 8 125 Ruwenzori Apalis (Apalis ruwenzorii)
0 6 126 White-tailed Warbler (Poliolais lopezi)
30 1 13 16 8 127 Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
0 8 128 Hartert's Camaroptera (Camaroptera harterti)
2 1 1 8 129 Yellow-browed Camaroptera (Camaroptera superciliaris)
1 1 8 130 Olive-green Camaroptera (Camaroptera chloronota)
9 1 4 4 8 131 Grey Wren-warbler (Calamonastes simplex)
2 2 8 132 Miombo Wren-warbler (Calamonastes undosus)
2 2 8 133 Stierling's Wren-warbler (Calamonastes stierlingi)
5 1 4 8 134 Barred Wren-warbler (Calamonastes fasciolatus)
0 8 135 Cinnamon-breasted Warbler (Euryptila subcinnamomea)
3 3 2 136 Long-billed Tailorbird (Artisornis moreaui)
1 1 8 137 African Tailorbird (Artisornis metopias)
11 4 7 8 138 White-chinned Prinia (Schistolais leucopogon)
0 4 139 Sierra Leone Prinia (Schistolais leontica)
0 8 140 Green Longtail (Urolais epichlorus)
2 1 1 8 141 Namaqua Warbler (Phragmacia substriata)
0 8 142 Roberts's Warbler (Oreophilais robertsi)
6 6 8 143 Red-winged Grey Warbler (Drymocichla incana)
8 4 4 8 144 Cricket Warbler (Spiloptila clamans)
2 2 8 145 Red-fronted Warbler (Urorhipis rufifrons)
5 2 3 8 146 Buff-bellied Warbler (Phyllolais pulchella)

Family statistics

27 genera, 146 species

1050 files covering
22 genera	(81%)
126 species	(86%)

368 videos covering
16 genera	(59%)
85 species	(58%)

569 photographs covering
21 genera	(78%)
115 species	(79%)

113 sound recordings covering
12 genera	(44%)
59 species	(40%)

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