Poole, Karen E.
Camaroptera
Sign in to saveCamaroptera is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae that are found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySylviidae
Observations recorded3,012,139,120
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Collections
- FMNH, ROM, UMZC, USNM, DMNH, GNM
- Recorded in
- Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Kenya, South Africa, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cisticolidae
- Image
- Grey-backed Camaroptera, Camaroptera brachyura, at Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa (15810359919).jpg
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- Camaroptera
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- topic's main category
- Category:Camaroptera
- taxon name
- Camaroptera
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Camaroptera is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae that are found in sub-Saharan Africa.
The genus was erected by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1850. The type species is the green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura). The genus name Camaroptera comes from Ancient Greek καμαρα (kamara), meaning "arch", and πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Camaroptera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.