Banded parisoma
| Banded parisoma | |
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| Near Lake Manyara, Tanzania | |
| Song recorded in southwestern Kenya | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sylviidae |
| Genus: | Curruca |
| Species: | C. boehmi
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| Binomial name | |
| Curruca boehmi (Reichenow, 1882)
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| Synonyms | |
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The banded parisoma[2] (Curruca boehmi), banded tit warbler or banded warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Measuring 4.75 in (12.1 cm)[2] in length, this bird is identified as gray on top, white below, with a dark chest band. The bird has variable spotting on the throat, white patches on his wing and outer tail, and buff coloring on the belly and undertail.[3]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognised:[4]
- C. b. somalica (Friedmann, 1928) โ Ethiopia, northwest Somalia and northeast Kenya
- C. b. marsabit (Van Someren, 1931) โ central north Kenya
- C. b. boehmi (Reichenow, 1882) โ south Kenya and Tanzania
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Curruca boehmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22716883A94515503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716883A94515503.en. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ a b Zimmerman, D.A.; Turner, D.A. and Pearson, D.J. (1999) Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p.482.
- ^ "Banded Parisoma - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
External links
- Banded parisoma, Tanzania Birds
- Parisoma boehmi, ZipCodeZoo