Cisticolidae

Karoo eremomela Eremomela gregalis, photographed by Trevor Hardaker.

Belongs within: Sylvioidea.
Contains: Cisticola, Prinia, Apalis.

The Cisticolidae is a family of warblers, supported by molecular data. The family is most diverse in Africa, with species also found in Eurasia and Australia.

<==Cisticolidae [Cisticolinae]
    |  i. s.: Phyllolais pulchella JT12
    |         Phragmacia substriata JT12
    |         Drymocichla incana JT12
    |         Malcorus pectoralis JT12 [=Prinia pectoralis B93]
    |           |--M. p. pectoralis B93
    |           `--M. p. etoshae (Winterbottom 1964) [=Prinia pectoralis etoshae] B93
    |--Neomixis JT12
    |    |--N. viridis JF06
    |    `--+--N. striatigula JF06
    |       `--N. tenella JF06
    `--+--+--+--‘Bathmocercus’ winifredae JT12
       |  |  `--+--Cisticola SPS03
       |  |     `--+--Incana incana JT12
       |  |        `--+--+--Hypergerus Reichenbach 1850 SPS03, B94
       |  |           |  |    `--H. atriceps (Lesson 1831) SPS03
       |  |           |  `--Eminia Hartlaub 1881 SPS03, B94 [Erminiinae]
       |  |           |       `--E. lepida SPS03
       |  |           `--+--Euryptila subcinnamomea JT12
       |  |              `--Bathmocercus Reichenow 1895 JT12, B94 [Bathmocercinae]
       |  |                   |--B. cerviniventris JF06
       |  |                   `--B. rufus JT12
       |  `--+--Prinia SPS03
       |     `--Orthotomus Horsfield 1821 JT12, B94 [Orthotominae]
       |          |  i. s.: O. castaneiceps JT12
       |          |         O. cinereiceps JT12
       |          |         O. derbianus JT12
       |          |         O. frontalis JT12
       |          |         O. heterolaemus JT12
       |          |         O. longicauda B66
       |          |         O. nigriceps JT12
       |          |         O. ruficeps JT12
       |          |         O. samarensis JT12
       |          |         O. sepium JT12
       |          |--O. sutorius JT12
       |          `--+--O. atrogularis JT12
       |             `--O. sericeus JT12
       `--+--Eremomela Sundevall 1850 JT12, B94 [Eremomelinae]
          |    |--E. atricollis JT12
          |    |--E. badiceps JT12
          |    |--E. canescens JT12
          |    |--E. flavicrissalis JT12
          |    |--E. gregalis JT12
          |    |--E. icteropygialis JT12
          |    |--E. pusilla JT12
          |    |--E. salvadorii JT12
          |    |--E. scotops JT12
          |    |--E. turneri JT12
          |    |    |--E. t. turneri HSS13
          |    |    `--E. t. kalindei HSS13
          |    `--E. usticollis JT12
          `--+--Apalis SPS03
             `--+--Camaroptera SPS03
                |    |  i. s.: C. brevicaudata SPS03
                |    |         C. fasciolata JT12
                |    |         C. superciliaris JT12
                |    |         C. undosa JT12
                |    |--C. chloronota JT12
                |    `--+--C. brachyura JT12
                |       `--C. simplex JT12
                `--+--Spiloptila JT12
                   |    |--S. clamans JF06
                   |    `--S. rufifrons JT12
                   `--+--Schistolais SPS03
                      |    |--S. leontica JF06 [=Prinia leontica JT12]
                      |    `--S. leucopogon JF06 [=Prinia leucopogon JT12]
                      `--+--Urolais epichlorus JT12
                         `--Oreolais JT12
                              |--O. ruwenzorii JT12
                              `--+--O. pulchra JT12
                                 `--Artisornis JT12
                                      |--A. metopias JT12
                                      `--A. moreaui JT12
                                           |--A. m. moreaui HSS13
                                           `--A. m. sousae HSS13

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281.

[B93] Brooke, R. K. 1993. Annotated catalogue of the Aves type specimens in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 102 (10): 327-349.

[B66] Bulger, G. E. 1866. List of birds observed at Wellington, Neilgherry Hills, about 6000 feet above the level of the sea, during the months of April and May, 1866. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 568-571.

[HSS13] Hirschfeld, E., A. Swash & R. Still. 2013. The World's Rarest Birds. Princeton University Press: Princeton (New Jersey).

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444-448.

[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149-186.

[SPS03] Sefc, K. M., R. B. Payne & M. D. Sorenson. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of African sunbird-like warblers: Moho (Hyperergus atriceps), green hylia (Hylia prasina) and tit-hylia (Pholidornis rushiae). Ostrich 74: 8-17.