Belongs within: Sylviida.
Contains: Cisticola, Prinia, Orthotomus, Apalis.
The Cisticolidae are a family of warblers supported by molecular data. The family is most diverse in Africa, with species also found in Eurasia and Australia. Members of the Cisticolidae include Eremomela, an African genus with long wings that reach almost to the end of the tail when folded.
<==Cisticolidae [Cisticolinae]
|--NeomixisBKB15
| |--N. viridisBKB15
| `--+--N. striatigulaBKB15
| `--N. tenellaBKB15
`--+--+--+--CisticolaBKB15
| | `--+--+--Incana incanusBKB15
| | | `--+--‘Bathmocercus’ rubehoensisBKB15
| | | `--‘Bathmocercus’ winifredaeBKB15
| | `--Bathmocercus Reichenow 1895BKB15, B94 [Bathmocercinae]
| | |--B. cerviniventrisBKB15
| | `--+--B. rufusBKB15
| | `--+--Euryptila subcinnamomeaBKB15
| | `--+--Hypergerus Reichenbach 1850BKB15, B94
| | | `--H. atriceps (Lesson 1831)SPS03
| | `--Eminia Hartlaub 1881BKB15, B94 [Erminiinae]
| | `--E. lepidaBKB15
| `--+--PriniaBKB15
| `--OrthotomusBKB15
`--+--+--ApalisBKB15
| |--SpiloptilaBKB15
| | |--S. clamansBKB15
| | `--S. rufifronsJT12
| `--Eremomela Sundevall 1850BKB15, B94 [Eremomelinae]
| |--E. atricollisJT12
| |--E. badicepsJT12
| |--E. canescensJT12
| |--E. flavicrissalisJT12
| |--E. gregalisBKB15
| |--E. icteropygialisJT12
| |--E. pusillaJT12
| |--E. salvadoriiJT12
| |--E. scotopsJT12
| |--E. turneriJT12
| | |--E. t. turneriHSS13
| | `--E. t. kalindeiHSS13
| `--E. usticollisJT12
`--+--CamaropteraBKB15
| | i. s.: C. fasciolataJT12
| | C. hartertiAP21
| | C. simplexJT12
| | C. superciliarisJT12
| | C. undosaJT12
| |--C. chloronotaBKB15
| `--+--C. brachyura (Vieillot 1820)BKB15, ICZN96 (see below for synonymy)
| | |--C. b. brachyuraAE06
| | `--C. b. pileataAE06
| `--C. brevicaudataBKB15
`--+--SchistolaisBKB15
| |--S. leonticaBKB15 [=Prinia leonticaJT12]
| `--S. leucopogonBKB15 [=Prinia leucopogonJT12]
`--+--Urolais epichlorusBKB15
`--OreolaisJT12
|--O. ruwenzoriiJT12 [=Apalis ruwenzoriiBKB15]
`--+--O. pulchraJT12 [=Apalis pulchraBKB15]
`--ArtisornisBKB15
|--A. metopiasBKB15
`--A. moreauiJT12
|--A. m. moreauiHSS13
`--A. m. sousaeHSS13
Cisticolidae incertae sedis:
Phyllolais pulchellaJT12
Phragmacia substriataJT12
Drymocichla incanaJT12
Malcorus pectoralisJT12 [=Prinia pectoralisB93]
|--M. p. pectoralisB93
`--M. p. etoshae (Winterbottom 1964) [=Prinia pectoralis etoshae]B93
Oreophilais robertsiAP21
MicromacronusAP21
|--M. leytensisAP21
`--M. sordidusJT12
Urorhipis rufifronsAP21
CalamonastesAP21
|--C. fasciolatusAP21
|--C. stierlingiAP21
`--C. undosusAP21
ScepomycterAP21
|--S. rubehoensisAP21
`--S. winifredaeAP21
Poliolais lopeziAP21
Camaroptera brachyura (Vieillot 1820)BKB15, ICZN96 [=Sylvia brachyuraICZN96; incl. Motacilla viridis Wilkes 1817 (nom. rej.)ICZN96]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[AE06] Alström, P., P. G. P. Ericson, U. Olsson & P. Sundberg. 2006. Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38: 381–397.
[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.
[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.
[HSS13] Hirschfeld, E., A. Swash & R. Still. 2013. The World’s Rarest Birds. Princeton University Press: Princeton (New Jersey).
[ICZN96] ICZN. 1996. Nine specific names of southern Afrotropical birds conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 53: 292–294.
[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.
[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.