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).[1][2] The word Camaroptera comes from the Ancient Greek kamara for "arch" and pteron for "wing".[3]
Species
The genus contains the following five species:[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Green-backed Cameroptera - Malawi S4E3341 (17142013720).jpg | Green-backed camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania |
| File:Grey-backed Camaroptera, Camaroptera brachyura, at Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa (15376728463).jpg | Grey-backed camaroptera | Camaroptera brevicaudata | Africa south of the Sahara Desert. |
| File:Hartert-s Camaroptera 110ND500 DSC7911.jpg | Hartert's camaroptera | Camaroptera harterti | Angola. |
| File:Yellow-browed Cameroptera near Kakum NP - Ghana 14 S4E2582 (16012281840).jpg | Yellow-browed camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. |
| File:Camaroptera chloronata.jpg | Olive-green camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. |
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Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the green-backed and the grey-backed camaroptera are closely related,[5][6][7] and some taxonomists treat them as conspecific.[8]
References
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- 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 Template:ISBN