Banded parisoma
Near Lake Manyara, Tanzania
Song recorded in southwestern Kenya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Curruca
Species:
C. boehmi
Binomial name
Curruca boehmi
(Reichenow, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Parisoma boehmi
  • Sylvia boehmi

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

Subspecies listed alphabetically:[4]

  • C. b. boehmi (Reichenow, 1882) – S Kenya and NE, C & SW Tanzania
  • C. b. marsabit (van Someren, 1931) – NC Kenya
  • C. b. somalica (Friedmann, 1928) – NC, E & SW Ethiopia, NW Somalia and NE Kenya

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Zimmerman, D.A.; Turner, D.A. and Pearson, D.J. (1999) Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p.482.
  3. "Banded Parisoma - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  4. Banded Warbler, IBC


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