Biology:Lynes's cisticola

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Short description: Species of bird

Lynes's cisticola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. distinctus
Binomial name
Cisticola distinctus
Lynes, 1930
Synonyms

Collocalia lais distinctus

Lynes's cisticola (Cisticola distinctus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Uganda and Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

Lynes's cisticola is sometimes considered as a subspecies species of the wailing cisticola (Cisticola lais).[1] The vernacular name commemorates the amateur ornithologist Rear Admiral Hubert Lynes.[2]

References

  1. Ryan, P.; Dean, R. (2017). "Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. http://www.hbw.com/node/58619. Retrieved 27 August 2017. 
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 214. 

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