Cisticola

Belongs within: Cisticolidae.

Cisticola is an Old World genus of mostly brown songbirds with a short, stout bill and a broad, rounded tail with twelve feathers.

<==Cisticola Kaup 1829 [incl. Drymoica Swainson 1837 non Swainson 1827]B94
    |--C. juncidisBKB15
    |    |--C. j. juncidisM03
    |    |--C. j. laveryiM03
    |    |--C. j. leanyeriM03
    |    `--C. j. normaniM03
    `--+--+--C. anonymusBKB15
       |  `--C. fulvicapillaBKB15
       `--+--C. cherinaBKB15
          `--+--C. galactotesBKB15
             `--+--C. brachypterusJT12
                `--C. cantansBKB15

Cisticola incertae sedis:
  C. aberdareJT12
  C. aberransJT12
  C. angusticaudaJT12
  C. aridulusJT12
  C. ayresiiJT12
  C. beavaniS89
  C. bodessaJT12
  C. brunnescensJT12
  C. bulliensJT12
  C. carruthersiJT12
  C. chinianaJT12
  C. chubbiJT12
  C. cinereolusJT12
  C. cinnamomeusAP21
  C. damboJT12
  C. discolorJT12
  C. distinctusQP21
  C. eminiAP21
  C. erythropsJT12
  C. exilis (Vigors & Horsfield 1827) [=Malurus exilis]WS48
    |--C. e. exilisWS48
    |--C. e. alexandrae Mathews 1912 [incl. C. exilis parryi Mathews 1912, C. exilis tormenti Mathews 1912]WS48
    |--C. e. diminutaM03
    `--C. e. lineocapillaM03
  C. eximiusJT12
  C. guineaJT12
  C. haematocephalusAP21
  C. haesitatusJT12
  C. hunteriJT12
  C. laisJT12
  C. lateralisJT12
  C. luapulaAP21
  C. lugubrisAP21
  C. madagascariensis [=Drymoica madagascariensis]S66
  C. marginatusAP21
  C. melanurusJT12
  C. nanaAP21
  C. natalensisJT12
  C. nigrilorisJT12
  C. njombeJT12
  C. pipiensJT12
  C. restrictusJT12
  C. robustusJT12
  C. ruficepsJT12
  C. rufilatusJT12
  C. rufusJT12
  C. subruficapillaJT12
  C. textrixJT12
  C. tinniensJT12
  C. troglodytesJT12
  C. woosnamiJT12

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

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

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[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.

[M03] Morcombe, M. 2003. Field Guide to Australian Birds 2^nd ed. Steve Parish Publishing.

[S89] Salvadori, T. 1889. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea nella Birmania e nelle regioni vicine. XIX.—Uccelli raccolti nei Monti Carin a nord-est di Tounghoo, nel Pegù presso Rangoon e Tounghoo e nel Tenasserim presso Malewoon. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 369–438.

[S66] Schlegel, H. 1866. Communication from, on mammals and birds collected in Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 419–426.

[WS48] Whittell, H. M., & D. L. Serventy. 1948. A systematic list of the birds of Western Australia. Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Special Publication 1: 1–126.