''Schistolais'' is a
genus
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of
passerine
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by t ...
birds in the family
Cisticolidae
The family Cisticolidae is a group of about 160 warblers, small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They were formerly included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae.
This family probably originated ...
.
It contains the following species:
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White-chinned prinia
The white-chinned prinia (''Schistolais leucopogon''), also known as the white-chinned warbler, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
The white-chinned prinia was described by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1875 and given t ...
(''Schistolais leucopogon'')
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Sierra Leone prinia
The Sierra Leone prinia (''Schistolais leontica''), also known as the white-eyed prinia, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is thickets and fore ...
(''Schistolais leontica'')
References
*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
The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...
''. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
* Nguembock B.; Fjeldsa J.; Tillier A.; Pasquet E. (2007): A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 42: 272–286.
*Urban, E.K.; Fry, C.H. & Keith, S. (1997) ''
The Birds of Africa
:"The Birds of Africa" ''is also a five-volume handbook by George Ernest Shelley, published 1896-1912.''
''The Birds of Africa'' is an eight-volume ornithological handbook.
Its authors/editors are C. Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith and Emil Urban, a ...
'', vol. 5. Academic Press, London.
Cisticolidae
Bird genera
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