Biology:Red-fronted warbler
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Urorhipis Heuglin, 1871 |
| Species: | U. rufifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Urorhipis rufifrons (Rüppell, 1840)
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Apalis rufifrons | |
The red-fronted warbler (Urorhipis rufifrons), also known as the red-fronted prinia and the red-faced apalis, is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Taxonomy
The red-fronted warbler was described by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell in 1840 under the binomial name Prinia rufifrons. The type locality is Eritrea (the coastal region of Abyssinia).[2][3] The specific epithet rufifrons comes from the Latin rufus for "red" and frons for "forehead" or "front".[4]
There are three subspecies:[5]
- U. r. rufifrons (Rüppell, 1840) – Chad to northwest Somalia
- U. r. smithi (Sharpe, 1895) – southeast Sudan to central Somalia and north Tanzania
- U. r. rufidorsalis (Sharpe, 1897) – southeast Kenya
Some taxonomists place this species in the genus Prinia rather than in its own monotypic genus Urorhipis.[6][7] Support for this alternative placement is provided by a molecular phylogentic study of the Cisticolidae published in 2013 that found that the red-fronted warbler was closely related to the prinias.[8]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Prinia rufifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22713834/0. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ↑ Rüppell, Eduard (1840) (in German). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Frankfurt am Main: S. Schmerber. p. 110, Plate 41 fig. 1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140198.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 171. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483872.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n341/mode/1up.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2017). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas & allies". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/grassbirds/. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ Ryan, P.; Dean, R. (2017). "Red-fronted Prinia (Prinia rufifrons)". 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/58704. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ↑ Lepage, Denis. "Red-fronted Warbler". Avibase. https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=D8177CECEA46EF3E. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ Olsson, U.; Irestedt, M.; Sangster, G.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Alström, P. (2013). "Systematic revision of the avian family Cisticolidae based on a multi-locus phylogeny of all genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66 (3): 790–9. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.004. PMID 23159891.
- Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN:978-84-96553-06-4
Wikidata ☰ Q1864347 entry
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