Winding Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Here the details of the Winding Cisticola named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Drymoeca marginata Ibis (2) 5 (17) p. 94-95, pl. I, fig. 1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Cisticola
Taxonomy Code: wincis3
Type Locality: upper Abyad (= White Nile) and Gazelle River (= Bahr al Ghazal), and lower Bahr al Jebel (= White Nile). Type, in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, from upper White Nile ca. lat. 7°-9° N., fide Lynes, 1930, Ibis, Cisticola Suppl., p. 645.
Author: von Heuglin
Publish Year: 1869
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CISTICOLA
(Cisticolidae; † Zitting Cisticola C. juncidis cisticola) Gr. κιστις kistis little basket < dim. κιστη kistē basket; L. -cola dweller < colere to dwell (cf. specific name Sylvia cisticola Temminck, 1820 (= subsp. Cisticola juncidis)); the Zitting Cisticola, formerly known as Fan-tailed Warbler, is the only European member of this wide-ranging Old World, predominantly Afrotropical, genus of small monomorphic warblers; “2. Sylvia cisticola. ... 2. Zistensänger. Cisticola. E[ntwickelung]. Wie gewöhnlich. Ch[arakter]. Kleine Oleandersänger mit hellrostfarbigem, schwarz geflecktem Rücken. L[ebensart]. Sie leben wie die übrigen Rohrsänger, bauen aber ein trichterförmiges Nest ins hohe Gras.” (Kaup 1829); "Cisticola Kaup, 1829, Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte Europäisch. Thierwelt, p. 119. Type, by tautonymy, Sylvia cisticola Temminck." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 84).
Var. Cisiticola.
Synon. Calamanthella, Cistodyta, Drymodyta, Drymodytops, Dryodromas, Hemipteryx, Merion, Neocisticola, Nephelicola, Pseudhemipteryx, Rhathymodyta, Tachydyta, Threnetes, Threnodyta, Threnodytops, Threnolais.
cisticola
Gr. κιστις kistis little basket < dim. κιστη kistē basket; L. -cola dweller < colere to dwell.
marginata / marginatum / marginatus
L. marginatus bordered, edged < marginare to emarginate < margo, marginis border, edge.
● “of the edge, in this case, the seashore” (Hockey et al. 2005) (Charadrius).
● ex “Perruche de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Varied-wing Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex “Upupa marginata” of W. Peters MS (Upupa).
● ex “Columba macroura. Long-tail’d Dove” of Edwards 1751 (syn. Zenaida macroura).
SUBSPECIES
Winding Cisticola (amphilectus)
SCI Name: Cisticola marginatus amphilectus
amphilecta / amphilectus
Gr. αμφιλεκτος amphilektos doubtful, disputed < αμφι amphi on both sides; λεκτος lektos spoken < λεγω legō to speak.
Winding Cisticola (zalingei)
SCI Name: Cisticola marginatus zalingei
zalingei
Zalingei, Darfur, western Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Winding Cisticola (marginatus)
SCI Name: Cisticola marginatus marginatus
marginata / marginatum / marginatus
L. marginatus bordered, edged < marginare to emarginate < margo, marginis border, edge.
● “of the edge, in this case, the seashore” (Hockey et al. 2005) (Charadrius).
● ex “Perruche de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Varied-wing Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex “Upupa marginata” of W. Peters MS (Upupa).
● ex “Columba macroura. Long-tail’d Dove” of Edwards 1751 (syn. Zenaida macroura).
Winding Cisticola (nyansae)
SCI Name: Cisticola marginatus nyansae
nyansae / nyanzae
Victoria Nyanza (= Lake Victoria), East Africa.
Winding Cisticola (suahelicus)
SCI Name: Cisticola marginatus suahelicus
suahelensis / suahelica / suahelicum / suahelicus / suahelicuus
Swahili, originally a name given to the peoples of Zanzibar and the adjacent mainland coast < Arabic sawāhil coasts.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)