Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Miombo Wren-warbler (Calamonastes undosus) - HBW 11, p. 485
French: Camaroptère du miombo
German: Miombobindensänger
Spanish: Camaróptera del Miombo
Other common names: Zambia Wren-warbler; Western Wren-warbler (cinereus)
Taxonomy: Drymoeca undosa Reichenow, 1882, Kakoma, Tabora, Tanzania.
Forms a superspecies with C. simplex, C. stierlingi and C. fasciolatus. Sometimes considered conspecific with first two of those, but no intergradation with C. simplex where ranges meet (in N Tanzania and SW Kenya); narrow (15-20 km wide) zone of hybridization with C. stierlingi in C Zambia and N Malawi, but quite distinct in plumage and songs (hybrids intermediate in appearance, may have intermediate songs). Aberrant juveniles of race cinereus having buffy-olive underparts were erroneously described as a separate taxon, Camaroptera brachyura congic.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with C. simplex, C. stierlingi and C. fasciolatus. Sometimes considered conspecific with first two of those, but no intergradation with C. simplex where ranges meet (in N Tanzania and SW Kenya); narrow (15-20 km wide) zone of hybridization with C. stierlingi in C Zambia and N Malawi, but quite distinct in plumage and songs (hybrids intermediate in appearance, may have intermediate songs). Aberrant juveniles of race cinereus having buffy-olive underparts were erroneously described as a separate taxon, Camaroptera brachyura congica. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cinereus Reichenow, 1887 - lower R Congo in W DRCongo, N & NE Angola (Cabinda, and Malanje and Lunda Norte S to Huambo) and NW Zambia.
- huilae (Meise, 1958) - WC Angola.
- katangae Naeve, 1909 - SE DRCongo and Zambia (except NW).
- undosus (Reichenow, 1882) - E Rwanda, E Burundi, Tanzania and SE Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Tape responsive adult
Locality Kakanda, Katanga Province, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (ssp katangae)
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Foraging near ground
Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda (ssp undosus)
Jason Anderson 7 November 2010 1 year ago 2.4
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