Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Barred Wren-warbler (Calamonastes fasciolatus) - HBW 11, p. 486
French: Camaroptère barrée
German: Damarabindensänger
Spanish: Camaróptera Barrada
Other common names: Thornbush Barred Wren-warbler
Taxonomy: Drymoica fasciolata A. Smith, 1847, Kuruman, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with C. simplex, C. undosus and C. stierlingi. Overlaps locally in range with last-mentioned, but segregated by habitat, and no hybridization between the two recorded. Three subspecies recognized.
Distribution: Semi-arid rocky areas of S Namibia and W South Africa.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pallidior (E. J. O. Hartert, 1907) - SW & S Angola (coastal Benguela and Cunene region).
- fasciolatus (A. Smith, 1847) - NC Namibia, Botswana, W Zimbabwe and N South Africa (NE Northern Cape).
- europhilus (Clancey, 1970) - SE Botswana, S Zimbabwe and NE South Africa (W Northern Province S to NW Free State).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male foraging in dense scrub (1/2)
Locality Okaukuejo, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp fasciolatus)
Fran Trabalon 10 November 2011 7 weeks ago 3.9 -
A male foraging in dense scrub (2/2)
Locality Okaukuejo, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp fasciolatus)
Fran Trabalon 10 November 2011 7 weeks ago 3.3 -
A pair seen in open woodland 500m from the car park.
Locality Avis Dam, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia (ssp europhilus)
Charles Hesse 11 November 2009 2 years ago 1.5
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Call. 10:18. In Acacia scrub outside the reserve just before the Vogelfontein bird hides. Locality Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa
(ssp europhilus)
Charles Hesse 21 December 2009 2 years ago 4
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