Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Dorst's Cisticola (Cisticola guinea) - HBW 11, p. 455
French: Cisticole de Dorst
German: Dorstzistensänger
Spanish: Cistícola de Dorst
Taxonomy: Cisticola ruficeps guinea Lynes, 1930, Kintampo, Ashanti, Ghana.
Forms a superspecies with C. ruficeps; formerly treated as conspecific, but differs in vocalizations, plumage (especially non-breeding) and habitat preferences. Complicated taxonomy and nomenclature: when “C. ruficeps” (sensu lato) was found to consist of two species, on basis of highly distinctive vocalizations, the new form was mistakenly attributed to C. ruficeps mongalla, which was as a result raised to species level; vocalizations subsequently found not to apply to mongalla, and indeed not known from anywhere near the range of that race, so the new s.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with C. ruficeps; formerly treated as conspecific, but differs in vocalizations, plumage (especially non-breeding) and habitat preferences. Complicated taxonomy and nomenclature: when “C. ruficeps” (sensu lato) was found to consist of two species, on basis of highly distinctive vocalizations, the new form was mistakenly attributed to C. ruficeps mongalla, which was as a result raised to species level; vocalizations subsequently found not to apply to mongalla, and indeed not known from anywhere near the range of that race, so the new species was awarded a new name, “C. dorsti”; however, recent studies have now shown this form, with its distinctive vocalizations, to be synonymous with the form hitherto treated as “C. ruficeps guinea”; thus, “C.dorsti” becomes a junior synonym of “C. guinea”. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sudan-Guinea savannas from Senegal E to N Cameroon and extreme SW Chad; possibly also NE Mali.
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adult non-breeding plumage perched
Locality Poli, North Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 11 March 2008 3 years ago 3.5
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