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NAMES >> Index >>Old World Warblers

IOC English NameScientific NameRangeComments
       
 
ORDER PASSERIFORMES
  PHY : The Passeriformes, or perching birds, include the majority of world bird species; parrots are the sister group of the perching birds (Hackett et al. 2008)
       
Wren-babblers (4)
Family Pnoepygidae
  TAX : Pnoepyga wren-babblers are not babblers and elevated to their own family (Gelang et al. 2009)
Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler Pnoepyga albiventer  (Hodgson, 1837) OR : Himalayas to s China  
        P. a. pallidior  Kinnear, 1924 n India to w Nepal  
        P. a. albiventer  (Hodgson, 1837) e Nepal and ne India to n Burma, s China and nw Vietnam  
Taiwan Wren-babbler Pnoepyga formosana  Ingram, W, 1909 OR : Taiwan AS : Pnoepyga formosana of Taiwan is split from P.albiventer (Collar 2006a, BLI 1.0)
Nepal Wren-babbler Pnoepyga immaculata  Martens, J & Eck, 1991 OR : Indian Himalayas to Nepal  
Pygmy Wren-babbler Pnoepyga pusilla  Hodgson, 1845 OR : widespread  
        P. p. pusilla  Hodgson, 1845 c and e Himalayas and ne India to Burma, n Thailand, s China and n Indochina  
        P. p. annamensis  Robinson & Kloss, 1919 s Indochina  
        P. p. harterti  Robinson & Kloss, 1918 Malay Pen.  
        P. p. lepida  Salvadori, 1879 Sumatra  
        P. p. rufa  Sharpe, 1882 Java  
        P. p. everetti  Rothschild, 1897 Flores I. (Lesser Sundas)  
        P. p. timorensis  Mayr, 1944 Timor I. (Lesser Sundas)  
       
Crombecs, African Warblers (18)
Family Macrosphenidae
  TAX : See Fregin et al 2012 for formal proposal of Macrosphenidae, which Includes members of the Sphenoeacus group of Old World warblers separated by Johansson et al (2008)
Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis  (Fraser, 1843) AF : widespread  
        M. m. mentalis  (Fraser, 1843) Senegal and Gambia to Liberia east to n DR Congo and south to nw Zambia and c Angola  
        M. m. amauroura  (Pelzeln, 1883) s Sudan and sw Ethiopia to se Kenya, w Tanzania, c Zambia and e DR Congo  
        M. m. orientalis  (Sharpe, 1883) e Tanzania to e Zimbabwe and c Mozambique  
        M. m. incana  Diesselhorst, 1959 Mt. Meru (ne Tanzania)  
        M. m. luangwae  Benson, 1958 e Zambia  
Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) AF : s  
        S. a. excisus  Clancey, 1973 e Zimbabwe and w Mozambique  
        S. a. natalensis  Shelley, 1882 ne South Africa, w Swaziland and n Lesotho  
        S. a. intermedius  Shelley, 1882 e South Africa  
        S. a. afer  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) sw and s South Africa  
Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius  (Sclater, PL, 1853) AF : sw  
        A. p. pycnopygius  (Sclater, PL, 1853) coastal sw Angola and n Namibia  
        A. p. spadix  Clancey, 1972 Huila and Namibe escarpment (sw Angola)  
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans  Cassin, 1859 AF : c PHY : Yellow Longbill may be related to Bradypterus in the Megaluridae (Johansson et al 2008)
        M. f. flavicans  Cassin, 1859 se Nigeria and s Cameroon to nw Angola  
        M. f. hypochondriacus  (Reichenow, 1893) se Central African Republic and sw Sudan to nw Tanzania and c DR Congo  
Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi  (Sharpe, 1905) AF : w  
        M. k. kempi  (Sharpe, 1905) Sierra Leone to sw Nigeria  
        M. k. flammeus  Marchant, 1950 se Nigeria and w Cameroon  
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor  (Hartlaub, 1857) AF : w, c  
Pulitzer's Longbill Macrosphenus pulitzeri  Boulton, 1931 AF : w Angola  
Kretschmer's Longbill Macrosphenus kretschmeri  (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) AF : ec  
        M. k. kretschmeri  (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) ne and ec Tanzania  
        M. k. griseiceps  Grote, 1911 se Tanzania and n Mozambique  
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura  Lafresnaye, 1839 AF : e, c, w  
        S. b. brachyura  Lafresnaye, 1839 s Mauritania to Sierra Leone and east to c and ne Sudan and Eritrea  
        S. b. carnapi  Reichenow, 1900 c Cameroon to Uganda and w Kenya  
        S. b. leucopsis  Reichenow, 1879 se Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia to Tanzania  
Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii  Shelley, 1894 AF : e  
        S. w. loringi  Mearns, 1911 se Sudan, sw Ethiopia, ne Uganda and nw Kenya  
        S. w. jacksoni  Sharpe, 1897 e Uganda and c Kenya to c Tanzania  
        S. w. minima  Ogilvie-Grant, 1900 se Kenya and ne Tanzania  
        S. w. whytii  Shelley, 1894 s Tanzania, s Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe  
Philippa's Crombec Sylvietta philippae  Williams, JG, 1955 AF : ne  
Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens  (Vieillot, 1817) AF : sc, s  
        S. r. adelphe  Grote, 1927 se DR Congo, Zambia and n Malawi  
        S. r. flecki  Reichenow, 1900 s Angola to c Namibia east to c Zimbabwe and n South Africa  
        S. r. ansorgei  Hartert, 1907 coastal Angola  
        S. r. pallida  Alexander, 1899 se Zambia and s Malawi to e Zimbabwe, s Mozambique and ne South Africa  
        S. r. resurga  Clancey, 1953 e South Africa and Swaziland  
        S. r. rufescens  (Vieillot, 1817) s Namibia, s Botswana and nw South Africa  
        S. r. diverga  Clancey, 1954 c and s South Africa and Lesotho  
Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina  Elliot, 1897 AF : ne  
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla  Barboza du Bocage, 1877 AF : sc  
        S. r. schoutedeni  White, CMN, 1953 se DR Congo  
        S. r. rufigenis  Reichenow, 1887 se Gabon, Congo and w and s DR Congo  
        S. r. chubbi  Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 extreme se DR Congo to Malawi and w Mozambique  
        S. r. makayii  White, CMN, 1953 nc Angola  
        S. r. ruficapilla  Barboza du Bocage, 1877 c and e Angola, sc DR Congo  
        S. r. gephyra  White, CMN, 1953 s DR Congo and Zambia  
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens  Cassin, 1859 AF : w, c  
        S. v. flaviventris  (Sharpe, 1877) Gambia and Senegal to sw Nigeria  
        S. v. virens  Cassin, 1859 se Nigeria to nw DR Congo  
        S. v. baraka  Sharpe, 1897 c DR Congo to s Sudan to Uganda, w Kenya, nw Tanzania and ne Angola  
        S. v. tando  Sclater, WL, 1927 s Congo to nw Angola  
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti  Ogilvie-Grant, 1906 AF : w, c  
        S. d. hardyi  Bannerman, 1911 w Guinea and Sierra Leone to sw Nigeria  
        S. d. denti  Ogilvie-Grant, 1906 Cameroon to w Uganda, DR Congo and ne Angola  
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys  Sharpe, 1891 AF : e  
        S. l. leucophrys  Sharpe, 1891 w Uganda, w and c Kenya  
        S. l. chloronota  Hartert, 1920 e DR Congo and sw Uganda to w Tanzania  
        S. l. chapini  Schouteden, 1947 ne DR Congo  
Victorin's Warbler Cryptillas victorini  (Sundevall, 1860) AF : s South Africa  
       
Cettia Bush Warblers and allies (32)
Family Cettiidae
  PHY : Classification of Cettiidae revised (2.11) to follow Alström et al 2011b
Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris  (Blyth, 1859) OR : Southeast Asia to Borneo and Java  
        A. s. flaviventris  (Jerdon, 1863) c Himalayas to e Bangladesh and w Burma  
        A. s. drasticus  Deignan, 1947 ne India and n Burma  
        A. s. smythiesi  Deignan, 1947 c Burma  
        A. s. superciliaris  (Blyth, 1859) e and s Burma, s China, n and w Thailand to n and c Laos  
        A. s. euthymus  Deignan, 1947 Vietnam  
        A. s. bambusarum  Deignan, 1947 n peninsular Thailand  
        A. s. sakaiorum  (Stresemann, 1912) c and s Malay Pen.  
        A. s. papilio  Deignan, 1947 Sumatra  
        A. s. schwaneri  (Blyth, 1870) Borneo  
        A. s. vordermani  (Büttikofer, 1893) Java  
Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis  (Moore, F, 1854) OR : e Himalayas through Southeast Asia  
        A. a. albogularis  (Moore, F, 1854) e Himalayas to Yunnan (s China) and w Burma  
        A. a. hugonis  Deignan, 1938 n and e Burma, nw Thailand  
        A. a. fulvifacies  (Swinhoe, 1870) s and se China, n and c Indochina  
Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps  (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847) OR : c Himalayas to nw Vietnam  
        A. s. schisticeps  (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847) c Himalayas  
        A. s. flavimentalis  (Baker, ECS, 1924) e Himalayas to w Burma  
        A. s. ripponi  (Sharpe, 1902) n and e Burma, s China and nw Vietnam  
Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cuculatus  (Temminck, 1836) OR : widespread, also Sulawesi TAX : Phyllergates cuculatus (with one “l“) is the correct spelling (Zoonomen)
        P. c. coronatus  (Blyth, 1861) e Himalayas to Indochina  
        P. c. thais  Robinson & Kloss, 1923 peninsular Thailand  
        P. c. malayanus  Chasen, 1938 peninsular Malaysia  
        P. c. cuculatus  (Temminck, 1836) Sumatra, Java and Bali  
        P. c. cinereicollis  Sharpe, 1888 ne Borneo  
        P. c. viridicollis  (Salomonsen, 1962) Palawan (sw Philippines)  
        P. c. philippinus  Hartert, 1897 Luzon (n Philippines)  
        P. c. everetti  Hartert, 1897 Flores (Lesser Sundas)  
        P. c. riedeli  Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1895 n Sulawesi  
        P. c. stentor  Stresemann, 1938 c and se Sulawesi  
        P. c. meisei  Stresemann, 1931 wc Sulawesi  
        P. c. hedymeles  Stresemann, 1932 Lompobatang (sw Sulawesi)  
        P. c. dumasi  Hartert, 1899 Buru and Seram (s Moluccas)  
        P. c. batjanensis  Hartert, 1912 Bacan (off sw Halmahera)  
Rufous-headed Tailorbird Phyllergates heterolaemus  Mearns, 1905 OR : s Philippines AS : Phyllergates (Orthotomus) heterolaemus is split from P. cuculatus (Ryan et al. 2006, Collar 2007)
Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni  (Moore, F, 1854) OR : e Himalayas to n Vietnam  
        T. h. hodgsoni  (Moore, F, 1854) e Himalayas, sw China and w Burma  
        T. h. tonkinensis  (Delacour & Jabouille, 1930) s China and n Indochina  
Philippine Bush Warbler Horornis seebohmi  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) OR : Philippines  
Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone  (Kittlitz, 1830) EU : Sakhalin Is. to Japan and Ryukyu islands and e, c China  
        H. d. riukiuensis  Kuroda, 1925 s Sakhalin Is., s Kurile Is.  
        H. d. cantans  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847) c and s Japan, n Ryukyu Is.  
        H. d. restrictus  Kuroda, 1923 Daito (Borodino Is.), ? s Ryukyu Is.  
        H. d. diphone  (Kittlitz, 1830) Izu Is., Bonin Is. and Volcano Is.  
        H. d. canturians  (Swinhoe, 1860) c, e China  
Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis borealis  (Campbell, CW, 1892) EU : ne China, se Siberia and Korea PHY,TAX : Manchurian Bush Warbler is restricted to borealis; Ssp canturians is treated here as a subspecies of H. diphone. An alternative treatment would be to lump borealis with diphonel until relationships of the members of this complex are sorted out genetically ( Alström et al. 2011b). See Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, BLI re original split of Cettia canturians, including borealis from H. diphone.
Palau Bush Warbler Horornis annae  (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868) PO : Palau Islands  
Tanimbar Bush Warbler Horornis carolinae  (Rozendaal, 1987) AU : Tanimbar Islands  
Shade Bush Warbler Horornis parens  (Mayr, 1935) AU : Solomon Islands  
Bougainville Bush Warbler Horornis haddeni  (Lecroy & Barker, 2006) AU : Bougainville Is., n Solomons NEW : Horornis [Cettia] haddeni is a newly described species (LeCroy & Barker 2006, BLI 1.0)
Fiji Bush Warbler Horornis ruficapilla  (Ramsay, EP, 1875) PO : Fiji Islands  
        H. r. ruficapilla  (Ramsay, EP, 1875) Kadavu  
        H. r. badiceps  (Finsch, 1876) Viti Levu  
        H. r. castaneopterus  (Mayr, 1935) Vanua Levu  
        H. r. funebris  (Mayr, 1935) Tavenui  
Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes  Hodgson, 1845 OR : Himalayas to e China, Taiwan  
        H. f. pallidus  (Brooks, WE, 1871) w Himalayas to w Nepal  
        H. f. fortipes  Hodgson, 1845 e Himalayas to sw China and n Burma  
        H. f. davidianus  (Verreaux, J, 1871) c China to n Indochina  
        H. f. robustipes  (Swinhoe, 1866) Taiwan  
Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens  (Hume, 1872) OR : Himalayas  
Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler Horornis acanthizoides  (Verreaux, J, 1871) OR : c, se China, Taiwan  
        H. a. acanthizoides  (Verreaux, J, 1871) c and se China  
        H. a. concolor  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1912) Taiwan  
Sunda Bush Warbler Horornis vulcanius  (Blyth, 1870) OR : Sumatra to Philippines, also Lesser Sundas  
        H. v. sepiarius  (Kloss, 1931) n Sumatra  
        H. v. flaviventris  (Salvadori, 1879) c and s Sumatra  
        H. v. vulcanius  (Blyth, 1870) Java, Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa  
        H. v. kolichisi  (Johnstone, RE & Darnell, JC, 1997) Alor  
        H. v. everetti  (Hartert, 1898) Timor  
        H. v. banksi  (Chasen, 1935) nw Borneo  
        H. v. oreophilus  (Sharpe, 1888) ne Borneo  
        H. v. palawanus  (Ripley & Rabor, 1962) Palawan (sw Philippines)  
Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus  (Blyth, 1845) OR : Himalayas to n Vietnam, c China PL : Populations of Horornis [Cettia] flavolivaceus are probably conspecific with H. vulcanius (Olson et al. 2006).
        H. f. flavolivaceus  (Blyth, 1845) c and e Himalayas  
        H. f. stresemanni  (Koelz, 1954) sw Assam (ne India)  
        H. f. alexanderi  (Ripley, 1951) se Assam (ne India)  
        H. f. intricatus  (Hartert, 1909) n and e Burma to s China  
        H. f. weberi  (Mayr, 1941) w Burma  
        H. f. oblitus  (Mayr, 1941) n Indochina  
Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer  Hodgson, 1837 OR : Nepal to Southeast Asia and Java  
Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea  (McClelland, 1840) OR : ne India to n Vietnam  
        T. o. olivea  (McClelland, 1840) e Himalayas to s China and n Burma  
        T. o. chiangmaiensis  Renner et al, 2008 n Thailand to n Vietnam  
Russet-capped Tesia Tesia everetti  (Hartert, 1897) AU : Lesser Sundas  
        T. e. everetti  (Hartert, 1897) Flores I.  
        T. e. sumbawana  (Rensch, 1928) Sumbawa I.  
Javan Tesia Tesia superciliaris  (Bonaparte, 1850) OR : Java  
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti  (Temminck, 1820) EU : sw, sc, also n Africa  
        C. c. cetti  (Temminck, 1820) w Europe to Greece and the Balkans, nw Africa  
        C. c. orientalis  Tristram, 1867 Turkey to Iran and Afghanistan  
        C. c. albiventris  Severtsov, 1873 Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to nw China and n Afghanistan  
Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major  (Moore, F, 1854) OR : Himalayas, c China  
        C. m. major  (Moore, F, 1854) c Himalayas to c China  
        C. m. vafra  (Koelz, 1954) ne India  
Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons  (Hodgson, 1845) OR : Himalayas to c China  
        C. b. brunnifrons  (Hodgson, 1845) n India to s China  
        C. b. whistleri  (Ticehurst, 1923) w Himalayas  
        C. b. umbratica  (Baker, ECS, 1924) ne India, s China and n Burma  
Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata  (Burton, 1836) OR : Himalayas to n Vietnam TAX : Move Chestnut-headed Tesia from Tesia to Cettia (Alström et al. 2011b)
        C. c. castaneocoronata  (Burton, 1836) Himalayas and ne India to s China and n Laos  
        C. c. abadiei  (Delacour & Jabouille, 1930) n Vietnam  
        C. c. ripleyi  (Deignan, 1951) Yunnan (s China)  
Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps  (Swinhoe, 1863) EU : ne  
Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi  (Sharpe, 1888) OR : Borneo  
Timor Stubtail Urosphena subulata  (Sharpe, 1884) AU : Lesser Sundas  
        U. s. subulata  (Sharpe, 1884) Timor I.  
        U. s. advena  (Hartert, 1906) Babar I.  
Pale-footed Bush Warbler Urosphena pallidipes  (Blanford, 1872) OR : widespread  
        U. p. pallidipes  (Blanford, 1872) Himalayas to w Hunnan ( s China) and n Burma  
        U. p. laurentei  La Touche, 1921 c Burma and se Hunnan (s China) to Vietnam  
        U. p. osmastoni  (Hartert, 1908) Andaman Is.  
Neumann's Warbler Urosphena neumanni  (Rothschild, 1908) AF : c PHY, TAX : Neumann‘s Warbler Hemitesia neumanni is deeply nested within the Cettiidae as a relic of a Paleotropic Miocene avifauna (Irestedt et al 2011). synonymised with Urosphena ( Alström et al. 2011b)
       
       
Scotocercidae (1)
Streaked Scrub Warbler
   
Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta  (Cretzschmar, 1830) EU : sc, also n Africa PHY,SEQ,ENG : Scotocerca is sister to Cettiidae; move from Incertae sedis to family Scotocercidae ( Alström et al 2011c, Fregin et al 2012, cf Barhoum and Burns 2002). Restore missing modifier "Streaked" to established English name.
       S.i. theresae  Meinertzhagen, 1939

Mauritania, sw and c Morocco

 
       S.i. saharae  (Loche,1858)

e Morocco to Libya

 
       S.i. inquieta  (Cretzschmar, 1830) ne Libya to nw Arabia   
       S.i. grisea  Bates, 1936 w Saudi Arabia, e Yemen and Oman   
       S.i. buryi  Ogilvie-Grant, 1902  s Saudi Arabia and w Yemen  
      S.i. montana  Stepanyan, 1970 Iran, s Turkmenistan, s Tajikistan and Afghanistan   
       S.i. platyura  (Severtsov, 1873)

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, n Turkmenistan and sw Tajikistan

 
       S.i. striata  (Brooks, WE, 1872)

sc Iraq, s Iran, s Afghanistan and Pakistan

 
       
Erythrocercidae (3)
Yellow Flycatchers
   
Little Yellow Flycatcher   Erythrocercus holochlorus  Erlanger, 1901 AF : e  PHY, SEQ : Move Yellow Flycatchers (Erythrocercus) from Incertae sedis to new family Erythrocercidae, after Scotocercidae (Fregin et al 2012)
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii  
(Cassin, 1855) 
AF : cw   
       E.m. nigeriae  Bannerman, 1929

Sierra Leone to sw Nigeria

 
       E.m. mccallii  (Cassin, 1855)

se Nigeria to c DR Congo and nw Angola

 
       E.m. congicus  Ogilvie-Grant, 1907

e DR Congo and w Uganda

 
Livingstone's Flycatcher  Erythrocercus livingstonei Gray, GR, 1870  AF : se  
       E.l. thomsoni  Shelley 1882   s Tanzania to s Malawi and n Mozambique  
       E.l. livingstonei  Gray, GR, 1870  s Zambia, n Zimbabwe and nw Mozambique  
       E.l. francisi  Sclater, WL, 1898  s Malawi to ne Zimbabwe and s Mozambique   
       
       
Family Uncertain (3)
Family Incertae Sedis 5
   
Grauer's Warbler Graueria vittata  Hartert, 1908 AF : ec  
Green Hylia Hylia prasina  (Cassin, 1855) AF : w,c  
        H. p. poensis  Alexander, 1903 Bioko I.  
        H. p. prasina  (Cassin, 1855) Gambia and Senegal to Kenya, Tanzania, DR Congo and Angola  
Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae  (Cassin, 1855) AF : w, c ENG : CORRECT: English name of Tit-Hylia to Tit Hylia
        P. r. ussheri  Reichenow, 1905 Sierra Leone to sw Nigeria  
        P. r. rushiae  (Cassin, 1855) se Nigeria to Gabon  
        P. r. bedfordi  Ogilvie-Grant, 1904 Bioko I.  
        P. r. denti  Ogilvie-Grant, 1907 se Cameroon to Uganda, e DR Congo and nw Angola  
       
Bushtits (13)
Family Aegithalidae
  TAX, ENG : The Aegithalidae are not closely related to the true tits (Paridae) as once thought (Harrap 2008); hence IOC recommended use of distinguishing name "bushtit" rather than "tit"
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus  (Linnaeus, 1758) EU : widespread ENG : Change English name of Aegithalos caudatus back to Long-tailed Tit even though it is not a parid, in deference to deep tradition and IOC policy of giving priority to well-established names
        A. c. caudatus  (Linnaeus, 1758) n and e Europe to e Siberia, Japan and Korea  
        A. c. rosaceus  Mathews, 1938 British Isles  
        A. c. europaeus  (Hermann, 1804) ne France and Germany to n Italy and Turkey  
        A. c. aremoricus  Whistler, 1929 w France  
        A. c. taiti  Ingram, W, 1913 sw and s France to c Spain and Portugal  
        A. c. irbii  (Sharpe & Dresser, 1871) s Spain and Portugal, Corsica  
        A. c. italiae  Jourdain, 1910 c and s Italy, sw Slovenia  
        A. c. siculus  (Whitaker, 1901) Sicily  
        A. c. macedonicus  (Dresser, 1892) Albania and Greece to Bulgaria and nw Turkey  
        A. c. tephronotus  (Gunther, 1865) e Greece to c Turkey, n Iraq and Syria  
        A. c. tauricus  (Menzbier, 1903) Crimean Pen.  
        A. c. major  (Radde, 1884) ne Turkey and the Caucasus  
        A. c. alpinus  (Hablizl, 1783) se Azerbaijan, n Iran and sw Turkmenistan  
        A. c. passekii  (Zarudny, 1904) se Turkey and sw Iran  
        A. c. trivirgatus  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1848) c Japan  
        A. c. kiusiuensis  Kuroda, 1923 s Japan  
        A. c. magnus  (Clark, AH, 1907) c and s Korea, Tsushima I. (Japan)  
Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis  (Moore, F, 1855) EU : c, ne, ec China AS : Aegithalos glaucogularis is split from A.caudatus (Harrap 2008, Päckert et al 2010)
        A. g. vinaceus  (Verreaux, J, 1871) c and ne China  
        A. g. glaucogularis  (Moore, F, 1855) ec China  
White-cheeked Bushtit Aegithalos leucogenys  (Moore, F, 1854) EU : sc  
Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus  (Gould, 1855) OR : Himalayas to s Vietnam PS : Aegithalos concinnus comprises genetically distinct subspecies groups that may be split ( Päckert et al 2010)
        A. c. iredalei  (Baker, ECS, 1920) Himalayas  
        A. c. manipurensis  (Hume, 1888) ne India and w Burma  
        A. c. talifuensis  (Rippon, 1903) ne Burma, s China and n Indochina  
        A. c. pulchellus  (Rippon, 1900) e Burma and nw Thailand  
        A. c. concinnus  (Gould, 1855) ec and se China, ne Vietnam and Taiwan  
        A. c. annamensis  (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) s Indochina  
White-throated Bushtit Aegithalos niveogularis  (Gould, 1855) OR : nw Himalayas  
Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos  (Blyth, 1845) OR : c, e Himalayas  
Black-browed Bushtit Aegithalos bonvaloti  (Oustalet, 1892) OR : ne Burma to China PL : Päckert et al (2010) consider A. bonvaloti to be ssp of A. iouschistos, based on low genetic divergence
        A. b. bonvaloti  (Oustalet, 1892) sw and sc China, ne Burma  
        A. b. obscuratus  (Mayr, 1940) c China  
Burmese Bushtit Aegithalos sharpei  (Rippon, 1904) OR : sw Burma AS, PL : Aegithalos sharpei is split from A.bonvaloti (Harrap 2008), cf Päckert et al 2010)
Sooty Bushtit Aegithalos fuliginosus  (Verreaux, J, 1869) EU : nc China PL : Päckert et al (2010) consider A. fuliginosus to be ssp of A. iouschistos, based on low genetic divergence
White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae  Severtsov, 1873 EU : c, sc  
        L. s. sophiae  Severtsov, 1873 se Kazakhstan to nw China, nw India and n Pakistan  
        L. s. stoliczkae  (Hume, 1874) s Xinjiang, w Qinghai and extreme w Xizang (w China)  
        L. s. major  Menzbier, 1885 w Xinjiang and n Qinghai (w China)  
        L. s. obscurus  Przewalski, 1887 c Nepal, s and se Xizang and s and e Qinghai to s Gansu and Sichuan (w China)  
Crested Tit-warbler Leptopoecile elegans  Przewalski, 1887 EU : Himalayas, China  
        L. e. meissneri  Shäfer, 1937 se Tibet  
        L. e. elegans  Przewalski, 1887 s China  
Pygmy Bushtit Psaltria exilis  Temminck, 1836 OR : Java  
American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus  (Townsend, JK, 1837) NA, MA : sw Canada to Guatemala  
        P. m. saturatus  Ridgway, 1903 sw Canada and nw USA  
        P. m. minimus  (Townsend, JK, 1837) coastal w USA  
        P. m. melanurus  Grinnell & Swarth, 1926 sw USA and n Baja California (nw Mexico)  
        P. m. grindae  Ridgway, 1883 s Baja California (nw Mexico)  
        P. m. californicus  Ridgway, 1884 sc Oregon to sc California (w USA)  
        P. m. plumbeus  (Baird, SF, 1854) wc and s USA and nc Mexico  
        P. m. dimorphicus  van Rossem & Hachisuka, 1938 sc USA and nc Mexico  
        P. m. iulus  Jouy, 1894 w and c Mexico  
        P. m. personatus  Bonaparte, 1850 sc Mexico  
        P. m. melanotis  (Hartlaub, 1844) s Mexico and Guatemala  
       
Leaf Warblers and allies (77)
Family Phylloscopidae
  TAX : Many species of Phylloscopus leaf warblers belong in Seicercus (Johansson et al. 2007, Olsson et al. 2005 Boyd TiF website), but we await the results of a new multilocus analysis of the structure of the Phylloscopidae now underway (Alström)
Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla  (Sundevall, 1850) AF : e, s  
        P. r. ochrogularis  (Moreau, 1941) w Tanzania  
        P. r. minullus  (Reichenow, 1905) se Kenya and e Tanzania  
        P. r. johnstoni  (Sclater, WL, 1927) ne Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi and nw Mozambique  
        P. r. quelimanensis  (Vincent, 1933) n Mozambique  
        P. r. alacris  (Clancey, 1969) e Zimbabwe and w Mozambique  
        P. r. ruficapilla  (Sundevall, 1850) e South Africa  
        P. r. voelckeri  (Roberts, 1941) s South Africa  
Laura's Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laurae  (Boulton, 1931) AF : sc  
        P. l. eustacei  (Benson, 1954) se DR Congo, n and e Zambia and sw Tanzania  
        P. l. laurae  (Boulton, 1931) w Angola  
Red-faced Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laetus  (Sharpe, 1902) AF : ec  
        P. l. schoutedeni  (Prigogine, 1955) Mt. Kabobo (e DR Congo)  
        P. l. laetus  (Sharpe, 1902) ne and e DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi  
Black-capped Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus herberti  (Alexander, 1903) AF : wc  
        P. h. herberti  (Alexander, 1903) Bioko I. and Equatorial Guinea  
        P. h. camerunensis  (Alexander, 1909) se Nigeria and w Cameroon  
Uganda Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis  (Seth-Smith, 1907) AF : ec  
Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens  (Rüppell, 1840) AF : e, also Arabian Peninsula  
        P. u. yemenensis  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1913) sw Saudi Arabia and w Yemen  
        P. u. williamsi  Clancey, 1956 nc Somalia  
        P. u. umbrovirens  (Rüppell, 1840) Eritrea, n and c Ethiopia and nw Somalia  
        P. u. omoensis  (Neumann, 1905) w and s Ethiopia  
        P. u. mackenzianus  (Sharpe, 1892) se Sudan and n Uganda to c Kenya  
        P. u. wilhelmi  (Gyldenstolpe, 1922) e DR Congo, sw Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi  
        P. u. alpinus  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) Ruwenzori Mts. (DR Congo-Uganda-Rwanda border)  
        P. u. dorcadichroa  (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) se Kenya, n and ne Tanzania  
        P. u. fugglescouchmani  (Moreau, 1941) e Tanzania  
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus  (Linnaeus, 1758) EU : widespread  
        P. t. trochilus  (Linnaeus, 1758) s Sweden, w and c Europe  
        P. t. acredula  (Linnaeus, 1758) Scandinavia (except s Sweden) to e Europe and w Siberia  
        P. t. yakutensis  Ticehurst, 1935 c and e Siberia  
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita  (Vieillot, 1817) EU : widespread  
        P. c. abietinus  (Nilsson, 1819) Scandinavia and nw Russia to the Black Sea and n Iran  
        P. c. collybita  (Vieillot, 1817) w, c and se Europe  
        P. c. brevirostris  (Strickland, 1837) nw and n Turkey  
        P. c. caucasicus  Loskot, 1991 Caucasus to n Iran  
        P. c. menzbieri  (Shestoperov, 1937) ne Iran and Turkmenistan  
        P. c. tristis  Blyth, 1843 e Russia and n Kazakhstan to s Siberia and n Mongolia  
Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus  Ticehurst, 1937 EU : sw Europe, also nw Africa  
        P. i. biscayensis  Salomon, Voisin & Bried, 2003 sw France, n Portugal and n Spain  
        P. i. ibericus  Ticehurst, 1937 c and s Portugal, sw Spain and nw Africa  
Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis  (Hartwig, 1886) AF : Canary Islands  
        P. c. canariensis  (Hartwig, 1886) w and c Canary Is.  
        P. c. exsul  Hartert, 1907 Lanzarote I. (ne Canary I.)  
Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus  Brooks, WE, 1880 EU : Turkey to Himalayas  
        P. s. lorenzii  (Lorenz, T, 1887) Caucasus, ne Turkey and nw Iran  
        P. s. sindianus  Brooks, WE, 1880 Tajikistan and n Pakistan to w China and nw India  
Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus  Hume, 1870 EU : sc  
Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli  (Vieillot, 1819) EU : sw  
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis  (Brehm, CL, 1855) EU : sc  
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix  (Bechstein, 1792) EU : w  
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus  (Blyth, 1842) EU : ne Asia, nc China  
        P. f. fuscatus  (Blyth, 1842) c and e Siberia to ne China and n Mongolia  
        P. f. robustus  Stresemann, 1923 nc China  
Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer  (Hodgson, 1845) EU : e Himalayas, c, e Tibetan Plateau  
        P. f. fuligiventer  (Hodgson, 1845) c Himalayas  
        P. f. tibetanus  Ticehurst, 1937 e Himalayas  
        P. f. weigoldi  Stresemann, 1923 wc China  
Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis  (Tickell, 1833) EU : Himalayas  
        P. a. affinis  (Tickell, 1833) e Himalayas from Nepal to se Tibet  
        P. a. perflavus  Martens, J, Sun & Päckert, 2008 w Himalayas from Pakistan to n India  
Alpine Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus occisinensis  Martens, J, Sun & Päckert, 2008 EU : wc China AS : Phylloscopus occisinensis is split from Tickell‘s Leaf Warbler P.affinis (Martens et al 2008)
Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis  Ogilvie-Grant, 1900 OR : c, s China  
Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus  Blyth, 1847 EU : wc  
Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii  (Milne-Edwards, 1865) EU : ne, c China  
        P. a. armandii  (Milne-Edwards, 1865) nc and ne China  
        P. a. perplexus  Ticehurst, 1934 sc China and ne Burma  
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi  (Radde, 1863) EU : ne  
Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher  Blyth, 1845 OR : Himalayas, c China  
        P. p. kangrae  Ticehurst, 1923 nw Himalayas  
        P. p. pulcher  Blyth, 1845 c and e Himalayas to s China and nw Vietnam  
Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis  (Blyth, 1867) OR : Himalayas, n Southeast Asia  
        P. m. virens  Ticehurst, 1926 n India  
        P. m. maculipennis  (Blyth, 1867) c and e Himalayas to s China and Indochina  
Gansu Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus kansuensis  Meise, 1933 EU : nc China  
Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis  La Touche, 1922 EU : n, c China  
Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus  (Pallas, 1811) EU : e  
Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus  (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847) EU : Himalayas and China  
        P. c. simlaensis  Ticehurst, 1920 w Himalayas  
        P. c. chloronotus  (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847) e Himalayas to c China  
Brooks's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis  (Brooks, WE, 1872) EU : sc  
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus  (Blyth, 1842) EU : nc, ne  
Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei  (Brooks, WE, 1878) EU : sc, c China  
        P. h. humei  (Brooks, WE, 1878) sc Russia and e Kazakhstan to nw China and c Nepal  
        P. h. mandellii  (Brooks, WE, 1879) c China  
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis  (Blasius, JH, 1858) EU : n, also w Alaska  
        P. b. borealis  (Blasius, JH, 1858) n Europe to n Siberia and ne China  
        P. b. kennicotti  (Baird, SF, 1869) w Alaska  
Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus  Stresemann, 1913 EU : Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Hokkaido and the Kurile Islands  
Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas  (Swinhoe, 1863) EU : Japan (except Hokkaido)  
Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus  Blyth, 1843 EU : sc  
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides  (Sundevall, 1837) EU : w, c  
        P. t. viridanus  Blyth, 1843 e Europe to c Siberia and nw China  
        P. t. ludlowi  Whistler, 1931 n Pakistan to nw Himalayas  
        P. t. trochiloides  (Sundevall, 1837) c and e Himalayas to sc China  
        P. t. obscuratus  Stresemann, 1929 c China  
Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus  Swinhoe, 1861 EU : e  
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes  Swinhoe, 1860 EU : e  
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides  Portenko, 1950 EU : Japan  
Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris  Blyth, 1843 OR : Himalayas, c China  
Tytler's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri  Brooks, WE, 1871 EU : sc  
Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis  (Blyth, 1845) EU : sc to w Himalayas  
Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847) EU : e  
Ijima's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ijimae  (Stejneger, 1892) EU : Izu Islands  
Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides  (Blyth, 1842) OR : nw, c, e Himalayas to w, c Indochina  
        P. r. reguloides  (Blyth, 1842) nw and c Himalayas  
        P. r. assamensis  Hartert, 1921 e Himalayas to Burma, c Indochina and s China  
        P. r. ticehursti  Delacour & Greenway, 1939 sc Vietnam  
Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae  (La Touche, 1922) OR : c, e China AS : Phylloscopus claudiae is split from P.reguloides (Olsson et al. 2005; Rheindt 2006, BLI)
Hartert's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni  Hartert, 1910 OR : se China AS : Phylloscopus goodsoni is split from P.reguloides (Olsson et al. 2005; Rheindt 2006, BLI)
        P. g. fokiensis  Hartert, 1917 se China  
        P. g. goodsoni  Hartert, 1910 Hainan I. (off se China)  
Emei Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus emeiensis  Alström & Olsson, 1995 OR : s China  
Davison's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus davisoni  (Oates, 1889) OR : Yunnan, n, c, e Burma, nw Thailand, n, c Laos and n, c Vietnam. ENG : Change English name of Phylloscopus davisoni from White-tailed Leaf Warbler to Davison‘s Leaf Warbler (Rheindt 2006; BLI);
Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti  (La Touche, 1922) OR : se,c Sichuan, se Yunnan, to sc, s Vietnam AS : Phylloscopus ogilviegranti is split from P.davisoni (BLI)
        P. o. disturbans  (La Touche, 1922) se China and nw Vietnam  
        P. o. ogilviegranti  (La Touche, 1922) Fujian (se China)  
        P. o. intensior  Deignan, 1956 se Thailand and sw Cambodia  
        P. o. klossi  (Riley, 1922) s Indochina  
Hainan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus hainanus  Olsson, Alström & Colston, 1993 OR : s China  
Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti  Rothschild, 1921 OR : sc China  
Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator  (Tickell, 1833) OR : e Nepal to c Laos  
        P. c. cantator  (Tickell, 1833) e Nepal, Bhutan and ne India to nw Laos  
        P. c. pernotus  Bangs & van Tyne, 1930 n and c Laos  
Limestone Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus calciatilis  Alström et al, 2009 OR : n,c Vietnam, n,c Laos NEW : Phylloscopus calciatilis is a newly described species related to Yellow-vented and Sulphur-breasted warblers (Alström et al. 2009)
Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti  (Slater, 1897) OR : ec, s China  
Philippine Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus olivaceus  (Moseley, 1891) OR : Philippines  
Lemon-throated Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus cebuensis  (Dubois, AJC, 1900) OR : Philippines  
        P. c. luzonensis  Rand & Rabor, 1952 n and c Luzon  
        P. c. sorsogonensis  Rand & Rabor, 1967 s Luzon  
        P. c. cebuensis  (Dubois, AJC, 1900) Cebu and Negroa  
Mountain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus  Strickland, 1849 OR : Southeast Asia  
        P. t. parvirostris  Stresemann, 1912 s Malay Pen.  
        P. t. trivirgatus  Strickland, 1849 Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa and nw Borneo  
        P. t. kinabaluensis  (Sharpe, 1901) Mt. Kinabalu (n Borneo)  
        P. t. sarawacensis  (Chasen, 1938) Sarawak (w Borneo)  
Negros Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus nigrorum  (Moseley, 1891) OR : Philippines AS : Phylloscopus nigrorum is split from P. trivirgatus (Collar 2007)
        P. n. peterseni  Salomonsen, 1962 Palawan  
        P. n. benguetensis  Ripley & Rabor, 1958 n Luzon  
        P. n. nigrorum  (Moseley, 1891) s Luzon, nc and c Philippines  
        P. n. diuatae  Salomonsen, 1953 ne Mindanao  
        P. n. mindanensis  (Hartert, 1903) s Mindanao  
        P. n. malindangensis  (Mearns, 1909) Mt. Malindang (nw Mindanao)  
        P. n. flavostriatus  Salomonsen, 1953 Mt. Katanglad (nc Mindanao)  
Sulawesi Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus sarasinorum  (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1896) AU : Sulawesi  
        P. s. sarasinorum  (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1896) s Sulawesi  
        P. s. nesophilus  (Riley, 1918) n, c and se Sulawesi  
Timor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus presbytes  (Blyth, 1870) AU : Lesser Sundas  
        P. p. presbytes  (Blyth, 1870) Timor, Atauro and Roti  
        P. p. floris  (Hartert, 1898) Flores  
Island Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus poliocephalus  (Salvadori, 1876) AU : Moluccas to New Guinea and Solomon Islands  
        P. p. henrietta  Stresemann, 1931 Halmahera and Temate (n Moluccas)  
        P. p. waterstradti  (Hartert, 1903) Bacan and Obi I. (n Moluccas)  
        P. p. everetti  (Hartert, 1899) Buru (s Moluccas)  
        P. p. ceramensis  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1910) Seram and Ambon Is. (s Moluccas)  
        P. p. avicola  Hartert, 1924 Kai I. (off sw New Guinea)  
        P. p. matthiae  Rothschild & Hartert, 1924 St. Matthias (Bismarck Arch.)  
        P. p. moorhousei  Gilliard & LeCroy, 1967 New Britain and Umboi Is. (Bismarck Arch.)  
        P. p. leletensis  Salomonsen, 1965 New Ireland (Bismarck Arch.)  
        P. p. maforensis  (Meyer, AB, 1874) Numfor I. (off nw New Guinea)  
        P. p. misoriensis  Meise, 1931 Biak I. (off nw New Guinea)  
        P. p. poliocephalus  (Salvadori, 1876) nw New Guinea  
        P. p. albigularis  Hartert & Paludan, 1936 Weyland Mt. (wc New Guinea)  
        P. p. paniaiae  Junge, 1952 Wissel Lakes (wc New Guinea)  
        P. p. cyclopum  Hartert, 1930 n New Guinea  
        P. p. giulianettii  (Salvadori, 1896) c and se New Guinea  
        P. p. hamlini  Mayr & Rand, 1935 Goodenough I (off se New Guinea)  
        P. p. becki  Hartert, 1929 e Solomon Is.  
        P. p. bougainvillei  Mayr, 1935 Bougainville I. (n Solomons)  
        P. p. pallescens  Mayr, 1935 Kolombangara I. (w Solomon Is.)  
Makira Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus makirensis  Mayr, 1935 AU : Solomon Islands  
Kolombangara Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus amoenus  (Hartert, 1929) AU : Solomon Islands  
Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos  (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847) OR : Himalayas  
        P. x. xanthoschistos  (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847) w and c Nepal  
        P. x. jerdoni  (Brooks, WE, 1871) e Nepal and sw China to ne India  
        P. x. flavogularis  (Godwin-Austen, 1877) ne India, s China and n Burma  
        P. x. tephrodiras  (Sick, 1939) ne India and w Burma  
White-spectacled Warbler Seicercus affinis  (Moore, F, 1854) OR : e Himalayas to se China, s Vietnam  
        S. a. affinis  (Moore, F, 1854) e Himalayas to s China and n Laos, also s Vietnam  
        S. a. intermedius  (La Touche, 1898) c and se China  
Green-crowned Warbler Seicercus burkii  (Burton, 1836) OR : Himalayas  
Grey-crowned Warbler Seicercus tephrocephalus  (Anderson, 1871) OR : ne India to n Vietnam, c China  
Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri  Ticehurst, 1925 OR : Himalayas to Burma  
        S. w. whistleri  Ticehurst, 1925 w and c Himalayas  
        S. w. nemoralis  Koelz, 1954 e Himalayas to w Burma  
Bianchi's Warbler Seicercus valentini  (Hartert, 1907) EU : c, se China, n Vietnam  
        S. v. valentini  (Hartert, 1907) c China  
        S. v. latouchei  Bangs, 1929 se China and n Vietnam  
Martens's Warbler Seicercus omeiensis  Martens, J, Eck, Päckert & Sun, 1999 EU : c China ENG : Change English name of Seicercus omeiensis from Omei Warbler to Martens‘s Warbler (Dickinson 2003, Rheindt 2006, BLI 1.0)
Alström's Warbler Seicercus soror  Alström & Olsson, 1999 EU : c, se China ENG : Change English name of Seicercus soror from Plain-tailed Warbler to Alström‘s Warbler (Rheindt 2006)
Grey-cheeked Warbler Seicercus poliogenys  (Blyth, 1847) OR : n India to s Vietnam  
Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps  (Hodgson, 1845) OR : Himalayas to Sumatra  
        S. c. castaniceps  (Hodgson, 1845) c and e Himalayas to sw China and w Burma  
        S. c. laurentei  (La Touche, 1922) extreme s China  
        S. c. sinensis  (Rickett, 1898) c and se China to n Indochina  
        S. c. collinsi  Deignan, 1943 e Burma and nw Thailand  
        S. c. stresemanni  Delacour, 1932 s Laos and sw Cambodia  
        S. c. annamensis  (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) sc Vietnam  
        S. c. youngi  (Robinson, 1915) peninsular Thailand  
        S. c. butleri  (Hartert, 1898) peninsular Malaysia  
        S. c. muelleri  (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) Sumatra  
Yellow-breasted Warbler Seicercus montis  (Sharpe, 1887) OR : Malay Peninsula to Philippines, also Lesser Sundas  
        S. m. davisoni  (Sharpe, 1888) peninsular Malaysia  
        S. m. inornatus  (Robinson & Kloss, 1920) Sumatra  
        S. m. montis  (Sharpe, 1887) Borneo  
        S. m. xanthopygius  (Whitehead, J, 1893) Palawan (w Philippines)  
        S. m. floris  (Hartert, 1897) Flores (Lesser Sundas)  
        S. m. paulinae  Mayr, 1944 Timor (Lesser Sundas)  
Sunda Warbler Seicercus grammiceps  (Strickland, 1849) OR : Sumatra, Java, Bali  
        S. g. sumatrensis  (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) Sumatra  
        S. g. grammiceps  (Strickland, 1849) Java, Bali  
       
Reed Warblers and allies (61)
Family Acrocephalidae
   
Malagasy Brush Warbler Nesillas typica  (Hartlaub, 1860) AF : Madagascar region  
        N. t. moheliensis  Benson, 1960 Moheli I. (Comoro Is.)  
        N. t. obscura  Delacour, 1931 w Madagascar  
        N. t. typica  (Hartlaub, 1860) e, c, n and nw Madagascar  
Subdesert Brush Warbler Nesillas lantzii  (Grandidier, A, 1867) AF : Madagascar  
Anjouan Brush Warbler Nesillas longicaudata  (Newton, E, 1877) AF : Comoros PL : Kennerley & Pearson (2010) treat Anjouan Brush Warbler as a subspecies of Malagasy Brush Warbler
Grand Comoro Brush Warbler Nesillas brevicaudata  (Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1888) AF : Comoros  
Moheli Brush Warbler Nesillas mariae  Benson, 1960 AF : Comoros  
Aldabra Brush Warbler Nesillas aldabrana †  Benson & Penny, 1968 AF : Aldabra Island EXTINCT :
Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis  (Hartlaub, 1891) EU : s Iraq  
Cape Verde Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis  (Keulemans, 1866) AF : Cape Verde Islands  
Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens  (Sharpe & Bouvier, 1877) AF : w, c  
        A. r. senegalensis  Colston & Morel, 1985 Senegal and Gambia  
        A. r. rufescens  (Sharpe & Bouvier, 1877) Ghana to nw DR Congo  
        A. r. chadensis  (Alexander, 1907) Chad  
        A. r. ansorgei  (Hartert, 1906) nw Angola, s Sudan and w Kenya to ne Namibia, n Botswana and w Zimbabwe,  
Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris  (Hartlaub, 1864) AF : e, s  
        A. g. neglectus  (Alexander, 1908) w Chad  
        A. g. tsanae  (Bannerman, 1937) nw Ethiopia  
        A. g. jacksoni  (Neumann, 1901) ne DR Congo, s Sudan, Uganda and w Kenya  
        A. g. parvus  (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) sw Ethiopia to n Tanzania, Rwanda and Burndi  
        A. g. leptorhynchus  (Reichenow, 1879) e Ethiopia to e South Africa  
        A. g. winterbottomi  (White, CMN, 1947) e Angola to n Zambia and sw Tanzania  
        A. g. cunenensis  (Hartert, 1903) sw Angola and n Namibia to w Zimbabwe  
        A. g. gracilirostris  (Hartlaub, 1864) s Namibia, South Africa, se Zimbabwe and s Mozambique  
Madagascar Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus newtoni  (Hartlaub, 1863) AF : Madagascar  
Seychelles Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis  (Oustalet, 1877) IO : Seychelles Islands  
Rodrigues Warbler Acrocephalus rodericanus  (Newton, A, 1865) IO : Rodrigues Island  
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus  (Linnaeus, 1758) EU : w, c  
        A. a. arundinaceus  (Linnaeus, 1758) Europe to n Iran and nw Arabia  
        A. a. zarudnyi  Hartert, 1907 se European Russia and n Iran to nw Mongolia and nw China  
Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847) EU : e  
Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus  (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) EU, OR : widespread, also New Guinea  
        A. s. stentoreus  (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) Egypt  
        A. s. levantinus  Roselaar, 1994 Israel, Jordan, Syria and nw Arabia  
        A. s. brunnescens  (Jerdon, 1839) Red Sea region to Kazakhstan and n India  
        A. s. amyae  Baker, ECS, 1922 ne India, Burma, Thailand and s China  
        A. s. meridionalis  (Legge, 1875) s India and Sri Lanka  
        A. s. siebersi  Salomonsen, 1928 w Java  
        A. s. harterti  Salomonsen, 1928 Philippines  
        A. s. celebensis  Heinroth, 1903 s Sulawesi  
        A. s. lentecaptus  Hartert, 1924 Borneo, c and e Java, w Lesser Sundas  
        A. s. sumbae  Hartert, 1924 c and e Lesser Sundas, s Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. And Solomon Is.  
Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis  (Gould, 1838) AU : Australia  
        A. a. carterae  Mathews, 1912 nw Australia  
        A. a. gouldi  Dubois, AJC, 1901 sw Ausralia  
        A. a. australis  (Gould, 1838) e and se Australia  
Millerbird Acrocephalus familiaris  (Rothschild, 1892) PO : Hawaiian Islands  
        A. f. familiaris 
†  (Rothschild, 1892)
Laysan  
        A. f. kingi  (Wetmore, 1924) Nihoa  
Nightingale Reed Warbler Acrocephalus luscinius 
† (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
PO : Guam EXT
Saipan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus hiwae  (Yamashina, 1942) PO : Saipan, Almagan (Northern Marianas) AS : Saipan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus hiwae is split from Nightingale Reed Warbler A. luscinius (Cibois et al 2011)
Aguiguan Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus  nijoi 
† (Yamashina, 1940)
PO : Aguiguan (Northern Marianas) AS : Aguiguan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus nijoi is split from Nightingale Reed Warbler A. luscinius (Saitoh et al 2012)
Pagan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus yamashinae 
†  (Taka-Tsukasa, 1931)
PO : Pagan (Northern Marianas) EXT, AS : Pagan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus yamashinaei is split from Nightingale Reed Warbler A. luscinius (Cibois et al 2011)
Mangareva Reed Warbler Acrocephalus astrolabii 
†  Holyoak & Thibault, 1978
PO : Mangareva (Gambier Islands) EXTINCT : Recognition follows Cibois et al, 2011 a
Nauru Reed Warbler Acrocephalus rehsei  (Finsch, 1883) PO : Nauru Island AS : Genetics and morphology support the recognition of A. rehsei as distinct species (Pratt et al. 1987, Cibois et al 2011)
Carolinian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus syrinx  (Kittlitz, 1833) PO : Caroline Islands AS : Genetics and morphology support the recognition of A. syrinx as distinct species (Pratt et al. 1987, Cibois et al 2011)
Bokikokiko Acrocephalus aequinoctialis  (Latham, 1790) PO : Line Islands  
        A. a. aequinoctialis  (Latham, 1790) Kiritimati  
        A. a. pistor  Tristram, 1883 Teraina and Tabuaeran  
Northern Marquesan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus percernis  (Wetmore, 1919) PO : n Marquesas Islands AS : Acrocephalus percernis is split from A. mendanae (Cibois et al. 2007)
        A. p. postremus  (Murphy & Mathews, 1928) Hatutu I.  
        A. p. aquilonis  (Murphy & Mathews, 1928) Eiao I.  
        A. p. percernis  (Wetmore, 1919) Nukuhiva I.  
        A. p. idae  (Murphy & Mathews, 1928) Uahuka I.  
Tahiti Reed Warbler Acrocephalus caffer  (Sparrman, 1786) PO : Tahiti  
Moorea Reed Warbler Acrocephalus longirostris 
†  (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
PO : Moorea I. EXT, AS : Acrocephalus longirostris is split from A. caffer (Cibois et al. 2008)
Garrett's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus musae 
†  (Forster, JR, 1844)
PO : w Society Islands EXT, AS : Acrocephalus musae is split from A. caffer (Cibois et al. 2008). English name per D. Pratt and R. Roe (in litt)
        A. m. musae 
†  (Forster, JR, 1844)
Raiatea I.  
        A. m. garretti 
†  Holyoak & Thibault, 1978
Huahine I.  
Southern Marquesan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus mendanae  Tristram, 1883 PO : s Marquesas Islands ENG : Change English name of Acrocephalus mendanae to Southern Marquesan Reed Warbler with split of A. percernis
        A. m. dido  (Murphy & Mathews, 1928) Uapou I.  
        A. m. mendanae  Tristram, 1883 Hivaoa and Tahuata Is.  
        A. m. consobrina  (Murphy & Mathews, 1928) Mohotani I.  
        A. m. fatuhivae  (Murphy & Mathews, 1928) Fatuhiva I.  
Tuamotu Reed Warbler Acrocephalus atyphus  (Wetmore, 1919) PO : Tuamoto Archipelago  
        A. a. atyphus  (Wetmore, 1919) nw Tuamoto islands  
        A. a. eremus  (Wetmore, 1919) Makatea I.  
        A. a. niauensis  (Murphy & Mathews, 1929) Niau I.  
        A. a. palmarum  (Murphy & Mathews, 1929) Anaa I.  
        A. a. ravus  (Wetmore, 1919) se Tuamoto islands  
        A. a. flavidus  (Murphy & Mathews, 1929) Napuka I.  
Cook Reed Warbler Acrocephalus kerearako  Holyoak, 1974 PO : Cook Islands  
        A. k. kerearako  Holyoak, 1974 Mangaia I.  
        A. k. kaoko  Holyoak, 1974 Mitiaro I.  
Rimatara Reed Warbler Acrocephalus rimitarae  (Murphy & Mathews, 1929) PO : Austral Islands  
Henderson Reed Warbler Acrocephalus taiti  Ogilvie-Grant, 1913 PO : Henderson Island  
Pitcairn Reed Warbler Acrocephalus vaughani  (Sharpe, 1900) PO : Pitcairn Island  
Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps  Swinhoe, 1860 EU : e  
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon  (Temminck, 1823) EU : s  
        A. m. melanopogon  (Temminck, 1823) s Europe to Ukraine and w Turkey, nw Africa  
        A. m. mimicus  (Madarász, 1903) e Turkey to s Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran and Iraq  
        A. m. albiventris  (Kazakov, 1974) se Ukraine and sw Russia  
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola  (Vieillot, 1817) EU : c, e Europe  
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus  (Linnaeus, 1758) EU : c, w  
Speckled Reed Warbler Acrocephalus sorghophilus  (Swinhoe, 1863) EU : ne China  
Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens  (Swinhoe, 1870) EU : sc, e  
        A. c. haringtoni  Witherby, 1920 Afghanistan to nw India  
        A. c. stevensi  Baker, ECS, 1922 ne India, Bangladesh and Burma  
        A. c. concinens  (Swinhoe, 1870) c and e China  
Manchurian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus tangorum  La Touche, 1912 EU : ne China, se Russia  
Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus  Oberholser, 1905 OR : ne Afghanistan (Timmins et al 2009)  
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola  (Jerdon, 1845) EU : c  
        A. a. agricola  (Jerdon, 1845) Kazakhstan and ne Iran through c Asia to Mongolia and wc China  
        A. a. septimus  (Gavrilenko, 1954) e Europe to Ukraine and w Kazakhstan  
Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum  Blyth, 1849 EU : c  
Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus  (Hermann, 1804) EU : Europe and nw Africa to c Asia; Arabian Peninsula, ne Africa (includes ssp fuscus, avicenniae) TAX : The subspecies avicenniae is assigned to Eurasian Reed Warbler not African Reed Warbler following Kennerley & Pearson (2010)
        A. s. scirpaceus  (Hermann, 1804) Europe to w Russia, Ukraine and w Turkey, nw Africa  
        A. s. fuscus  (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) Egypt through the Middle East to se European Russia, e Kazkhstan and Iran  
        A. s. avicenniae  Ash, Pearson, DJ, Nikolaus & Colston, 1989 coasts of the Red Sea  
African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus  (Vieillot, 1817) AF : widespread PL : Taxonomic status of African Reed Warbler vis a vis Eurasian Reed Warbler uncertain (Kennerley & Pearson 2010)
        A. b. guiersi  Colston & Morel, 1984 n Senegal  
        A. b. cinnamomeus  Reichenow, 1908 s Senegal to w Ethiopia and s Somalia south to Zambia and Mozambique  
        A. b. suahelicus  Grote, 1926 e Tanzania to e Mozambique and e South Africa  
        A. b. hallae  White, CMN, 1960 sw Angola to sw Zambia and south to w South Africa  
        A. b. baeticatus  (Vieillot, 1817) n Botswana and Zimbabwe to s South Africa  
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris  (Bechstein, 1798) EU : w  
Thick-billed Warbler Iduna aedon  (Pallas, 1776) EU : nc, ne TAX : Thick-billed Warbler transferred to Iduna following Fregin et al (2009); Kennerley & Pearson 2010 leave in Phragamaticola
        I. a. aedon  (Pallas, 1776) sc Siberia and nw Mongolia  
        I. a. rufescens  (Stegmann, 1929) e Siberia, ne Mongolia and ne China  
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis  (Smith, A, 1847) AF : widespread TAX : Dark-capped Yellow Warbler transferred to Iduna following Fregin et al (2009)
        I. n. batesi  (Sharpe, 1905) Nigeria to sw Sudan and nw DR Congo  
        I. n. massaica  (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) se Sudan and w Ethiopia to n Tanzania  
        I. n. major  (Hartert, 1904) Gabon to Angola and n Zambia  
        I. n. natalensis  (Smith, A, 1847) s Tanzania to South Africa  
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis  (Richmond, 1897) AF : e TAX : Mountain Yellow Warbler transferred to Iduna following Fregin et al (2009)
Booted Warbler Iduna caligata  (Lichtenstein, 1823) EU : wc TAX : Booted Warbler transferred to Iduna following Fregin et al (2009)
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama  (Sykes, 1832) EU : sc TAX : Sykes‘s Warblert ransferred to Iduna following Fregin et al (2009)
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida  (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) EU : sc TAX : Eastern Olivaceous Warbler transferred to Iduna following Fregin et al (2009)
        I. p. elaeica  (Lindermayer, A, 1843) se Europe through the Middle East to Kazakhstan and Iran  
        I. p. reiseri  (Hilgert, 1908) se Morocco and Mauritania to Libya  
        I. p. pallida  (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) Egypt  
        I. p. alulensis  (Ash, Pearson, DJ & Bensch, 2005) n Somalia  
        I. p. laeneni  (Niethammer, 1955) Niger to c Sudan  
Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca  (Cabanis, 1850) EU : sw Europe, also nw Africa TAX : Western Olivaceous Warbler transferred to Iduna following Fregin et al (2009)
Papyrus Yellow Warbler Calamonastides gracilirostris  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) AF : e TAX : Papyrus Yellow Warbler is separated to Calamonastides following recommendation of Fregin et al (2009)
        C. g. gracilirostris  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) e DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and w Kenya  
        C. g. bensoni  (Amadon, 1954) n Zambia  
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida  (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) EU : sc  
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum  (Strickland, 1837) EU : sc  
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta  (Vieillot, 1817) EU : sw Europe, also nw Africa  
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina  (Vieillot, 1817) EU : w  
       
Grassbirds and allies (57)
Family Locustellidae
  PHY, TAX : Locustellidae has priority over Megaluridae (Bock 1994, BOU); revised classification (v2.11 )includes 14 species transferred from Bradypterus ( Alström et al 2011a)
Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli  (Brooks, WE, 1875) OR : e Himalayas to sc Vietnam, c, se China  
        L. m. mandelli  (Brooks, WE, 1875) e Himalayas to s China, n Indochina and Burma  
        L. m. idonea  (Riley, 1940) sc Vietnam  
        L. m. melanorhyncha  (Rickett, 1898) e China  
Javan Bush Warbler Locustella montis  (Hartert, 1896) OR : Java  
Taiwan Bush Warbler Locustella alishanensis  (Rasmussen, Round, Dickinson & Rozendaal, 2000) OR : Taiwan  
West Himalayan Bush Warbler Locustella kashmirensis  (Sushkin, 1925) OR : w Himalayas AS : Bradypterus kashmirensis is split from B. thoracicus ( Alström et al 2008), but not by Kennerley & Pearson (2010)
Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica  (Blyth, 1845) OR : c Himalayas to c China  
Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi  (La Touche, 1923) EU : sc Siberia to c China  
        L. d. davidi  (La Touche, 1923) se Siberia and ne China  
        L. d. suschkini  (Stegmann, 1929) sc Siberia  
Chestnut-backed Bush Warbler Locustella castanea  (Büttikofer, 1893) AU : Sulawesi and s Moluccas  
        L. c. disturbans  (Hartert, 1900) Buru  
        L. c. muscula  (Stresemann, 1914) Seram  
        L. c. castanea  (Büttikofer, 1893) Sulawesi  
Long-tailed Bush Warbler Locustella caudata  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895) OR : Philippines  
        L. c. caudata  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895) Luzon  
        L. c. unicolor  (Hartert, 1904) Mindanao (except Zamboanga Pen.)  
        L. c. malindangensis  (Mearns, 1909) Zamboanga Pen. (w Mindanao)  
Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia  (Boddaert, 1783) EU : widespread  
        L. n. naevia  (Boddaert, 1783) Europe to w European Russia and Ukraine  
        L. n. straminea  Seebohm, 1881 e European Russia to sw Siberia, e Kazakhstan and nw China  
        L. n. obscurior  Buturlin, 1929 e Turkey and the Caucasus  
        L. n. mongolica  Sushkin, 1925 e Kazakhstan, sc Siberia and w Mongolia  
Long-billed Bush Warbler Locustella major  (Brooks, WE, 1871) EU, OR : w Himalayas, w China  
        L. m. major  (Brooks, WE, 1871) n Pakistan and nw India  
        L. m. innae  (Portenko, 1955) w China  
Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia  Swinhoe, 1871 EU : sc Siberia to ne China  
Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris  (Hodgson, 1845) OR : e Himalayas to n Vietnam, c, se China  
River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis  (Wolf, 1810) EU : c  
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides  (Savi, 1824) EU : c, w, sw, also nw Africa  
        L. l. luscinioides  (Savi, 1824) Europe to the Ural Mts. and the Balkans, nw Africa  
        L. l. sarmatica  Kazakov, 1973 e Ukraine and s European Russia  
        L. l. fusca  (Severtsov, 1873) Turkey and Jordan to Kazakhstan  
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata  (Temminck, 1840) EU : n, ne  
        L. l. hendersonii  (Cassin, 1858) Sakhalin I., s Kuril Is. and n Japan  
        L. l. lanceolata  (Temminck, 1840) n Europe to e Siberia and ne China  
Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella ochotensis  (Middendorff, 1853) EU : e  
Styan's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella pleskei  Taczanowski, 1890 EU : e  
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola  (Pallas, 1811) EU : e  
        L. c. certhiola  (Pallas, 1811) se Siberia and ne China  
        L. c. sparsimstriata  Meise, 1934 sw Siberia to sc Siberia  
        L. c. centralasiae  Sushkin, 1925 e Kazakhstan and ne Kyrgyzstan to w China  
        L. c. rubescens  Blyth, 1845 n Siberia  
Marsh Grassbird Locustella pryeri  (Seebohm, 1884) EU : e  
        L. p. sinensis  (Witherby, 1912) e Mongolia to se Russia and e China  
        L. p. pryeri  (Seebohm, 1884) c Japan  
Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella fasciolata  (Gray, GR, 1861) EU : c, e ENG : Consider shortening name to Gray‘s Warbler (Clements 6.5)
Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler Locustella amnicola  Stepanyan, 1972 EU : Sakhalin, s Kuril Islands and Hokkaido AS : Sakhalin Warbler is split from Gray‘s [Grasshopper] Warbler (King 1997; Drovetski et al 2004; Alström et al 2011, OBC; cf Dickinson 2003, HBW 11 w comments)
Benguet Bush Warbler Locustella seebohmi  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895) OR : Philippines  
Timor Bush Warbler Locustella timorensis  (Mayr, 1944) AU : Timor  
Friendly Bush Warbler Locustella accentor  (Sharpe, 1888) OR : Borneo  
Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala  (Vieillot, 1817) AF : widespread  
        B. b. centralis  Neumann, 1908 Nigeria and s Cameroon to sw Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda  
        B. b. chadensis  Bannerman, 1936 w Chad  
        B. b. sudanensis  Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1941 s Sudan  
        B. b. abyssinicus  (Blundell & Lovat, 1899) Ethiopia  
        B. b. elgonensis  Madarász, 1912 e Uganda to c Kenya  
        B. b. tongensis  Roberts, 1931 se Kenya to e South Africa  
        B. b. msiri  Neave, 1909 e Angola and se DR Congo to n and w Zambia and ne Botswana  
        B. b. benguellensis  Bannerman, 1927 w Angola  
        B. b. transvaalensis  Roberts, 1919 c Zimbabwe to Lesotho and e South Africa  
        B. b. baboecala  (Vieillot, 1817) s South Africa  
White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis  Chapin, 1916 AF : c  
Grauer's Swamp Warbler Bradypterus graueri  Neumann, 1908 AF : c  
Brown Emutail Bradypterus brunneus  (Sharpe, 1877) AF : Madagascar PHY, TAX : Brown Emutail is moved from monotypic Dromaeocercus to Bradypterus (Alström et al 2011a)
Knysna Warbler Bradypterus sylvaticus  Sundevall, 1860 AF : s, e South Africa  
        B. s. sylvaticus  Sundevall, 1860 s South Africa  
        B. s. pondoensis  Haagner, 1909 e South Africa  
Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus  (Rüppell, 1840) AF : c, e, se  
        B. c. cavei  Macdonald, 1939 se Sudan and ne Uganda  
        B. c. cinnamomeus  (Rüppell, 1840) Ethiopia to n Tanzania  
        B. c. mildbreadi  Reichenow, 1908 Ruwenzori Mts. (DR Congo-Rwanda border)  
        B. c. nyassae  Shelley, 1893 se DR Congo, ne and sw Tanzania, ne Zambia and Malawi  
Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi  (Alexander, 1903) AF : c, e  
        B. l. lopezi  (Alexander, 1903) Bioko I.  
        B. l. camerunensis  Alexander, 1909 sw Cameroon  
        B. l. barakae  Sharpe, 1906 e DR Congo, Uganda and Rwanda  
        B. l. mariae  Madarász, 1905 w and c Kenya, n Tanzania  
        B. l. usambarae  Reichenow, 1917 se Kenya to n Mozambique and n Malawi  
        B. l. ufipae  (Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1941) se DR Congo, sw Tanzania and n Zambia  
        B. l. granti  Benson, 1939 s Malawi and Mt. Chiperone (n Mozambique)  
        B. l. boultoni  Chapin, 1948 Angola  
Bangwa Forest Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis  Delacour, 1943 AF : se Nigeria, w Cameroon AS : Bradypterus bangwaensis is split fromB. cinnamomeus (Dawsett & Forbes-Watson 1993; Bairlein et al. 2006)
Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti  Sharpe, 1876 AF : se  
        B. b. barratti  Sharpe, 1876 ne South Africa and sw Mozambique  
        B. b. godfreyi  (Roberts, 1922) lowlands of e South Africa  
        B. b. cathkinensis  Vincent, 1948 highlands of e South Africa and Lesotho  
        B. b. priesti  Benson, 1946 e Zimbabwe and wc Mozambique  
Ja River Scrub Warbler Bradypterus grandis  Ogilvie-Grant, 1917 AF : wc  
Bamboo Warbler Bradypterus alfredi  Hartlaub, 1890 AF : c  
        B. a. kungwensis  Moreau, 1942 se DR Congo, w Tanzania and nw Zambia  
        B. a. alfredi  Hartlaub, 1890 se Sudan and w Ethiopia to e DR Congo  
Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri  (Blyth, 1851) OR : Sri Lanka  
Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus  (Jerdon, 1841) OR : sw India, Sri Lanka  
Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris  (Sundevall, 1850) AF : widespread  
        S. b. alexinae  (Heuglin, 1863) Sierra Leone and Guinea to Ethiopia, Tanzania and Angola  
        S. b. brevirostris  (Sundevall, 1850) Malawi and nw Mozambique to e South Africa  
Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris  Horsfield, 1821 OR : widespread  
        M. p. toklao  (Blyth, 1843) Pakistan to s China, Indochina and s Burma  
        M. p. palustris  Horsfield, 1821 Java and Bali  
        M. p. forbesi  Bangs, 1919 Philippines and ne Borneo  
Rufous Songlark Megalurus mathewsi  (Iredale, 1911) AU : Australia  
Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis  Wallace, 1864 AU : widespread, also Philippines  
        M. t. tweeddalei  McGregor, 1908 n and c Philippines  
        M. t. alopex  Parkes, 1970 Bohol, Leyte and Cebu (c Philippines)  
        M. t. amboinensis  (Salvadori, 1876) Ambon (s Moluccas)  
        M. t. crex  Salomonsen, 1953 s Philippines  
        M. t. mindorensis  Salomonsen, 1953 Mindoro (nw Philippines)  
        M. t. celebensis  Riley, 1919 Sulawesi  
        M. t. inquirendus  Siebers, 1928 Sumba I. (Lesser Sundas)  
        M. t. timoriensis  Wallace, 1864 Timor I. (Lesser Sundas)  
        M. t. muscalis  Rand, 1938 s New Guinea  
        M. t. alisteri  Mathews, 1912 n and e Australia  
Brown Songlark Megalurus cruralis  Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 AU : Australia  
Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus  (Gould, 1845) AU : New Guinea, Australia  
        M. g. papuensis  Junge, 1952 New Guinea  
        M. g. goulburni  Mathews, 1912 e Australia  
        M. g. thomasi  Mathews, 1912 sw Australia  
        M. g. gramineus  (Gould, 1845) Tasmania and islands in the Bass Strait  
New Zealand Fernbird Megalurus punctatus  (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) AU : New Zealand  
        M. p. vealeae  (Kemp, R, 1912) North I.  
        M. p. punctatus  (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) South I.  
        M. p. stewartianus  (Oliver, 1930) Stewart I.  
        M. p. wilsoni  (Stead, 1936) Codfish I.  
        M. p. caudatus  (Buller, 1894) Snares I.  
Chatham Fernbird Megalurus rufescens �  (Buller, 1869) AU : Chatham Islands, NZ EXT, AS : Split of Chatham Fernbird Megalurus rufescens from M. punctatus following Olson (1990) and Higgins et. al. 2006.
Spinifexbird Megalurus carteri  (North, 1900) AU : c Australia TAX : Spinifexbird is a member of Megalurus [Locustellidae, previously Megaluridae] (Christidis & Boles 2008; Alström et al 2011a)
Papuan Grassbird Megalurus macrurus  (Salvadori, 1876) AU : New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago  
        M. m. stresemanni  Hartert, 1930 nw New Guinea  
        M. m. mayri  Hartert, 1930 n New Guinea  
        M. m. wahgiensis  Mayr & Gilliard, 1951 ec new Guinea  
        M. m. macrurus  (Salvadori, 1876) sc and se New Guinea  
        M. m. harterti  Mayr, 1931 ne New Guinea  
        M. m. alpinus  Mayr & Rand, 1935 wc and c New Guinea  
        M. m. interscapularis  Sclater, PL, 1880 Bismarck Arch.  
Fly River Grassbird Megalurus albolimbatus  (d'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879) AU : se New Guinea  
Grey Emutail Amphilais seebohmi  (Sharpe, 1879) AF : Madagascar  
New Caledonian Thicketbird Megalurulus mariei  Verreaux, J, 1869 AU : New Caledonia  
New Britain Thicketbird Megalurulus grosvenori  (Gilliard, 1960) AU : New Britain AS, ENG : Megalurulus grosvenori is split from Melanesian Thicketbird M.llaneae (Sibley & Monroe 1990, BLI);change English name to New Britain Thicketbird re consensus (Guy Dutson et al 2010)
Melanesian Thicketbird Megalurulus whitneyi  (Mayr, 1933) AU : Guadalcanal in the se Solomon Is., n Vanuatu ENG : Change English name of Megalurulus whitneyi to Melanesian Thicketbird of Sibley and Monroe (1990) and Dickinson (2003) because range includes Guadalcanal
        M. w. turipavae  (Cain & Galbraith, ICJ, 1955) Guadalcanal  
        M. w. whitneyi  (Mayr, 1933) Vanuatu  
Bougainville Thicketbird Megalurulus llaneae  (Hadden, 1983) AU : Bougainville Is. in the c Solomon Islands ENG : Change English name of Megalurulus llaneae to Bougainville Thicketbird because species is limited to one island with split of M. grosvenori.
Rusty Thicketbird Megalurulus rubiginosus  (Sclater, PL, 1881) AU : Bismarck Archipelago  
Long-legged Thicketbird Megalurulus rufus  (Reichenow, 1890) PO : Fiji Islands  
        M. r. rufus  (Reichenow, 1890) Viti Levu  
        M. r. cluniei  (Kinsky, 1975) Vanua Levu  
Buff-banded Thicketbird Buettikoferella bivittata  (Bonaparte, 1850) AU : Timor, Lesser Sundas  
Bristled Grassbird Chaetornis striata  (Jerdon, 1841) OR : ne Pakistan to Bangladesh  
       
Black-capped Donacobius (1)
Family Donacobiidae
  PHY : Donacobius is related to the Old World warblers,not wrens (Troglodytidae); treated for now as a monotypic family Donacobiidae (Aleixo and Pacheco 2006; SACC 293) pending resolution of relationships to Megaluridae vs Berneiridae (Johansson et al 2008)
Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla  (Linnaeus, 1766) LA : Panama to ne Argentina  
        D. a. brachypterus  Madarász, 1913 Panama and n Colombia  
        D. a. nigrodorsalis  Traylor, 1948 s Colombia, e Ecuador and e Peru  
        D. a. atricapilla  (Linnaeus, 1766) Venezuela and the Guianas to ne Argentina  
        D. a. albovittatus  d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 sw Brazil and Bolivia  
       
Malagasy Warblers (11)
Family Bernieridae
   
White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) AF : Madagascar  
Long-billed Bernieria Bernieria madagascariensis  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) AF : Madagascar  
        B. m. madagascariensis  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) e  
        B. m. inceleber  Bangs & Peters, JL, 1926 n and w  
Cryptic Warbler Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi  Goodman, Langrand & Whitney, BM, 1996 AF : Madagascar  
Wedge-tailed Jery Hartertula flavoviridis  (Hartert, 1924) AF : Madagascar  
Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides  (Grandidier, A, 1867) AF : Madagascar  
Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops  (Sharpe, 1875) AF : Madagascar  
        X. z. fulvescens  (Delacour, 1931) n  
        X. z. andapae  (Salomonsen, 1934) ne  
        X. z. zosterops  (Sharpe, 1875) e  
        X. z. ankafanae  (Salomonsen, 1934) se  
Appert's Tetraka Xanthomixis apperti  (Colston, 1972) AF : Madagascar  
Dusky Tetraka Xanthomixis tenebrosa  (Stresemann, 1925) AF : Madagascar  
Grey-crowned Tetraka Xanthomixis cinereiceps  (Sharpe, 1881) AF : Madagascar  
Madagascar Yellowbrow Crossleyia xanthophrys  (Sharpe, 1875) AF : Madagascar  
Rand's Warbler Randia pseudozosterops  Delacour, 1931 AF : Madagascar  
       
Cisticolas and allies (160)
Family Cisticolidae
   
Common Jery Neomixis tenella  (Hartlaub, 1866) AF : Madagascar  
        N. t. tenella  (Hartlaub, 1866) n  
        N. t. decaryi  Delacour, 1931 wc and c  
        N. t. orientalis  Delacour, 1931 ec and se  
        N. t. debilis  Delacour, 1931 s  
Green Jery Neomixis viridis  (Sharpe, 1883) AF : Madagascar  
        N. v. delacouri  Salomonsen, 1934 ne  
        N. v. viridis  (Sharpe, 1883) se  
Stripe-throated Jery Neomixis striatigula  Sharpe, 1881 AF : Madagascar  
        N. s. sclateri  Delacour, 1931 ne  
        N. s. striatigula  Sharpe, 1881 se  
        N. s. pallidior  Salomonsen, 1934 sw  
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops  (Hartlaub, 1857) AF : widespread  
        C. e. erythrops  (Hartlaub, 1857) Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Central African Republic, Congo and Gabon  
        C. e. pyrrhomitra  Reichenow, 1916 se Sudan and Ethiopia  
        C. e. niloticus  Madarász, 1914 c Sudan  
        C. e. sylvia  Reichenow, 1904 ne DR Congo and s Sudan to Kenya and c Tanzania  
        C. e. nyasa  Lynes, 1930 se DR Congo and s Tanzania to e South Africa  
Lepe Cisticola Cisticola lepe  Lynes, 1930 AF : Angola PL : Lepe Cisticola is generally treated as a subspecies of Red-faced Cisticola C. erythrops; revisit species status
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans  (Heuglin, 1869) AF : w, c, se  
        C. c. swanzii  (Sharpe, 1870) Senegal and Gambia to s Nigeria  
        C. c. concolor  (Heuglin, 1869) n Nigeria to Sudan  
        C. c. adamauae  Reichenow, 1910 Cameroon, Congo and nw DR Congo  
        C. c. cantans  (Heuglin, 1869) Eritrea and Ethiopia  
        C. c. belli  Ogilvie-Grant, 1908 Central African Republic, n and e DR Congo, Uganda, and nw Tanzania  
        C. c. pictipennis  Madarász, 1904 Kenya and n Tanzania  
        C. c. muenzneri  Reichenow, 1916 s Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Mozambique  
Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis  (Fraser, 1843) AF : w, c  
        C. l. lateralis  (Fraser, 1843) Senegal and Gambia to Cameroon  
        C. l. antinorii  (Heuglin, 1867) Central African Republic to Kenya  
        C. l. modestus  (Barboza du Bocage, 1880) Gabon to n Angola, s DR Congo and n Zambia  
Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami  Ogilvie-Grant, 1908 AF : ec  
        C. w. woosnami  Ogilvie-Grant, 1908 ne DR Congo and Uganda to c Tanzania  
        C. w. lufira  Lynes, 1930 se DR Congo, Zambia, sw Tanzania and n Malawi  
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus  (von Müller, JW, 1855) AF : wc  
Bubbling Cisticola Cisticola bulliens  Lynes, 1930 AF : wc  
        C. b. septentrionalis  Tye, 1992 nw Angola and sw DR Congo  
        C. b. bulliens  Lynes, 1930 wc to sw Angola  
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi  Sharpe, 1892 AF : ec  
        C. c. adametzi  Reichenow, 1910 se Nigeria and sw Cameroon  
        C. c. discolor  Sjöstedt, 1893 Mt. Cameroon (sw Cameroon)  
        C. c. chubbi  Sharpe, 1892 e DR Congo to w Kenya  
        C. c. marungensis  Chapin, 1932 Marungu Mts. (se DR Congo)  
Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri  Shelley, 1889 AF : ec  
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris  Shelley, 1897 AF : se  
Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans  (Smith, A, 1843) AF : se, e  
        C. a. nyika  Lynes, 1930 Zambia and sw Tanzania to w Malawi, Zimbabwe and w Mozambique  
        C. a. lurio  Vincent, 1933 e Malawi and n Mozambique  
        C. a. aberrans  (Smith, A, 1843) se Botswana and c South Africa  
        C. a. minor  Roberts, 1913 s Mozambique and e South Africa  
Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola emini  Reichenow, 1892 AF : w, c  
        C. e. admiralis  Bates, 1930 s Mauritania to Mali, Ghana and Sierra Leone  
        C. e. petrophilus  Alexander, 1907 n Nigeria to sw Sudan, ne DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi  
        C. e. emini  Reichenow, 1892 s Kenya and n Tanzania  
        C. e. bailunduensis  Neumann, 1931 Angola  
Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana  (Smith, A, 1843) AF : c, e, s  
        C. c. simplex  (Heuglin, 1869) s Sudan, ne DR Congo and n Uganda  
        C. c. fricki  Mearns, 1913 s Ethiopia and n Kenya  
        C. c. fortis  Lynes, 1930 Gabon to c Angola, s DR Congo and Zambia  
        C. c. humilis  Madarász, 1904 e Uganda and w Kenya  
        C. c. fischeri  Reichenow, 1891 nc Tanzania  
        C. c. ukamba  Lynes, 1930 c Kenya and n Tanzania  
        C. c. victoria  Lynes, 1930 sw Kenya and n Tanzania  
        C. c. heterophrys  Oberholser, 1906 coastal Kenya and Tanzania  
        C. c. keithi  Parkes, 1987 sc Tanzania  
        C. c. mbeya  Parkes, 1987 s Tanzania  
        C. c. emendatus  Vincent, 1944 Malawi, se Tanzania and n Mozambique  
        C. c. procerus  Peters, W, 1868 e Zambia, s Malawi and c Mozambique  
        C. c. frater  Reichenow, 1916 c Namibia  
        C. c. bensoni  Traylor, 1964 s Zambia  
        C. c. smithersi  Hall, BP, 1956 s Angola and n Namibia to w Zimbabwe  
        C. c. chiniana  (Smith, A, 1843) se Botswana and Zimbabwe to sc Mozambique and c South Africa  
        C. c. campestris  Gould, 1845 se Mozambique and e South Africa  
Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa  Mearns, 1913 AF : ne  
        C. b. kaffensis  Érard, 1974 sw Ethiopia  
        C. b. bodessa  Mearns, 1913 se Sudan to c Ethiopia and c Kenya  
Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe  Lynes, 1933 AF : se  
        C. n. njombe  Lynes, 1933 s Tanzania  
        C. n. mariae  Benson, 1945 n Malawi and ne Zambia  
Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus  Salvadori, 1888 AF : ne  
        C. c. cinereolus  Salvadori, 1888 ne Ethiopia and n Somalia  
        C. c. schillingsi  Reichenow, 1905 se Sudan, s Ethiopia and s Somalia to n Tanzania  
Tana River Cisticola Cisticola restrictus  Traylor, 1967 AF : Kenya  
Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus  (Hartlaub, 1870) AF : ec, s  
        C. r. ansorgei  Neumann, 1906 se Gabon to c Angola east to Malawi  
        C. r. vicinior  Clancey, 1973 c Zimbabwe  
        C. r. rufilatus  (Hartlaub, 1870) se Angola and Namibia to w Zimbabwe and n South Africa  
Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla  (Smith, A, 1843) AF : sw  
        C. s. newtoni  da Rosa Pinto, 1967 sw Angola and nw Namibia  
        C. s. windhoekensis  (Roberts, 1937) c Namibia  
        C. s. karasensis  (Roberts, 1937) s Namibia and interior nw South Africa  
        C. s. namaqua  Lynes, 1930 w Karoo region (w South Africa and s Namibia)  
        C. s. subruficapilla  (Smith, A, 1843) sw to s South Africa  
        C. s. jamesi  Lynes, 1930 sc South Africa  
Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais  (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) AF : s  
        C. l. namba  Lynes, 1931 w Angola  
        C. l. semifasciatus  Reichenow, 1905 ne Zambia, s Tanzania, Malawi and ne Mozambique  
        C. l. mashona  Lynes, 1930 Zimbabwe, s Mozambique and ne South Africa  
        C. l. oreobates  Irwin, 1966 Mt. Gorongoza (c Mozambique)  
        C. l. monticola  Roberts, 1913 n South Africa  
        C. l. lais  (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) e South Africa and Lesotho  
        C. l. maculatus  Lynes, 1930 s South Africa  
Lynes's Cisticola Cisticola distinctus  Lynes, 1930 AF : Uganda, Kenya  
Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes  (Temminck, 1821) AF : s  
        C. g. isodactylus  Peters, W, 1868 s Malawi, se Zimbabwe and w Mozambique  
        C. g. galactotes  (Temminck, 1821) s Mozambique and e South Africa  
Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus  (Heuglin, 1869) AF : w, c, interior e  
        C. m. amphilectus  Reichenow, 1875 Mauritania and Senegal to Ghana, sw Cameroon and nw Angola  
        C. m. zalingei  Lynes, 1930 n Nigeria to w Sudan  
        C. m. marginatus  (Heuglin, 1869) s Sudan and n Uganda  
        C. m. nyansae  Neumann, 1905 c DR Congo to Uganda and Kenya  
        C. m. suahelicus  Neumann, 1905 se DR Congo, Tanzania and ne Zambia  
Coastal Cisticola Cisticola haematocephalus  Cabanis, 1868 AF : coastal Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania  
Ethiopian Cisticola Cisticola lugubris  (Rüppell, 1840) AF : Ethiopia, Eritrea  
Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula  Lynes, 1933 AF : Angola and Namibia to Zimbabwe  
Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens  Lynes, 1930 AF : wc  
        C. p. congo  Lynes, 1936 e Angola to Burundi and sw Tanzania  
        C. p. pipiens  Lynes, 1930 w Angola  
        C. p. arundicola  Clancey, 1969 se Angola and ne Namibia to nw Zimbabwe  
Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi  Ogilvie-Grant, 1909 AF : ec  
Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens  (Lichtenstein, 1842) AF : ec, s  
        C. t. dyleffi  Prigogine, 1952 e DR Congo  
        C. t. oreophilus  van Someren, 1922 w and c Kenya  
        C. t. shiwae  White, CMN, 1947 se DR Congo, sw Tanzania and e Zambia  
        C. t. perpullus  Hartert, 1920 Angola, s DR Congo and w Zambia  
        C. t. tinniens  (Lichtenstein, 1842) Zimbabwe, w Mozambique and South Africa  
        C. t. elegans  (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) sw South Africa  
Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus  (Rüppell, 1845) AF : e  
        C. r. robustus  (Rüppell, 1845) n Ethiopian plateau  
        C. r. schraderi  Neumann, 1906 Eritrea and n Ethiopia  
        C. r. omo  Neumann & Lynes, 1928 sw Ethiopia  
        C. r. santae  Bates, 1926 e Nigeria and w Cameroon  
        C. r. nuchalis  Reichenow, 1893 Congo, ne DR Congo and Uganda to Kenya and n Tanzania  
        C. r. awemba  Lynes, 1933 se DR Congo, sw Tanzania and ne Zambia  
        C. r. angolensis  (Barboza du Bocage, 1877) Angola, s DR Congo and nw Zambia  
Aberdare Cisticola Cisticola aberdare  Lynes, 1930 AF : Kenya  
Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis  (Smith, A, 1843) AF : widespread  
        C. n. strangei  (Fraser, 1843) Senegal and Gambia to sw Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and n Tanzania  
        C. n. inexpectatus  Neumann, 1906 c Ethiopia  
        C. n. argenteus  Reichenow, 1905 s Ethiopia, n Kenya and s Somalia  
        C. n. tonga  Lynes, 1930 c Sudan  
        C. n. katanga  Lynes, 1930 ne Angola to sw Tanzania and n Malawi  
        C. n. huambo  Lynes, 1930 w and c Angola  
        C. n. natalensis  (Smith, A, 1843) e Zambia and s Tanzania to e South Africa  
        C. n. holubii  (Pelzeln, 1882) sw Zambia, ne Botswana and w Zimbabwe  
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps  (Cretzschmar, 1830) AF : e, c, w  
        C. r. ruficeps  (Cretzschmar, 1830) Chad to w and sw Sudan  
        C. r. scotoptera  (Sundevall, 1850) c Sudan to Eritrea  
        C. r. mongalla  Lynes, 1930 s Sudan and n Uganda  
Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea  Lynes, 1930 AF : wc TAX : Cisticola dorsti is a junior synonym of C. guinea (Dowsett-Lemaire, Borrow & Dowsett 2005)
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana  Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884 AF : e  
Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus  (Sharpe, 1870) AF : widespread  
        C. b. brachypterus  (Sharpe, 1870) Senegal and Gambia to w Sudan, n DR Congo and n Angola  
        C. b. hypoxanthus  Hartlaub, 1881 ne DR Congo, s Sudan and n Uganda  
        C. b. zedlitzi  Reichenow, 1909 Eritrea and Ethiopia  
        C. b. reichenowi  Mearns, 1911 s Somalia to ne Tanzania  
        C. b. ankole  Lynes, 1930 e DR Congo and s Uganda to nw Tanzania  
        C. b. kericho  Lynes, 1930 sw Kenya  
        C. b. katonae  Madarász, 1904 c Kenya to n Tanzania  
        C. b. loanda  Lynes, 1930 c Angola to s DR Congo and w Zambia  
        C. b. isabellinus  Reichenow, 1907 e Zambia and s Tanzania to Mozambique  
Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus  (Fraser, 1843) AF : w, c  
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes  (Antinori, 1864) AF : c, e  
        C. t. troglodytes  (Antinori, 1864) s Chad to nw Kenya  
        C. t. ferrugineus  Heuglin, 1864 e Sudan and w Ethiopia  
Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla  (Vieillot, 1817) AF : c, s  
        C. f. dispar  Sousa, 1887 se Gabon to nw Zambia and c Angola  
        C. f. muelleri  Alexander, 1899 c Zambia to Mozambique and ne Zimbabwe  
        C. f. hallae  Benson, 1955 s Angola and ne Namibia to w Zimbabwe  
        C. f. dexter  Clancey, 1971 se Botswana to c Zimbabwe and inland ne South Africa  
        C. f. ruficapilla  (Smith, A, 1842) c South Africa  
        C. f. lebombo  (Roberts, 1936) s Mozambique and coastal ne South Africa  
        C. f. fulvicapilla  (Vieillot, 1817) inland e South Africa  
        C. f. dumicola  Clancey, 1983 coastal e South Africa  
        C. f. silberbauer  (Roberts, 1919) sw South Africa  
Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda  Reichenow, 1891 AF : se  
Black-tailed Cisticola Cisticola melanurus  (Cabanis, 1882) AF : s, c  
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis  (Rafinesque, 1810) EU, OR, AU, AF : widespread  
        C. j. cisticola  (Temminck, 1820) w France, Iberian Pen., Balearic Is. and nw Africa  
        C. j. juncidis  (Rafinesque, 1810) s France to Turkey and Syria, also Egypt and large Mediterranean islands  
        C. j. uropygialis  (Fraser, 1843) Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Nigeria  
        C. j. terrestris  (Smith, A, 1842) Gabon and Congo to s Tanzania and south to South Africa  
        C. j. neuroticus  Meinertzhagen, 1920 Cyprus, Lebanon and Israel to w Iran  
        C. j. cursitans  (Franklin, 1831) e Afghanistan to n Burma and s China and south to se India and dry lowlands of Sri Lanka  
        C. j. salimalii  Whistler, 1936 sw India  
        C. j. omalurus  Blyth, 1851 Sri Lanka (except dry lowlands)  
        C. j. brunniceps  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) s Korea, Japan and Batan I. (n Philippines)  
        C. j. tinnabulans  (Swinhoe, 1859) se China and Taiwan to Thailand, Indochina and the Philippines (except Batan I. and the Palawan Is.)  
        C. j. nigrostriatus  Parkes, 1971 Palawan Is.  
        C. j. malaya  Lynes, 1930 Nicobar Is., se Burma, sw Thailand, the Malay Pen. and the Greater Sundas  
        C. j. fuscicapilla  Wallace, 1864 e Java, the Kangean Is. and lesser Sundas  
        C. j. constans  Stresemann, 1938 Sulawesi and nearby islands  
        C. j. leanyeri  Givens & Hitchcock, 1953 nc Australia  
        C. j. normani  Mathews, 1914 nw Queensland n to ne Australia)  
        C. j. laveryi  Schodde & Mason, 1979 ne Australia, ?s New Guinea  
Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus  (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub, 1881) EU : Socotra Island  
Madagascar Cisticola Cisticola cherina  (Smith, A, 1843) AF : Madagascar  
Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus  Witherby, 1900 AF : widespread  
        C. a. aridulus  Witherby, 1900 s Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan  
        C. a. lavendulae  Ogilvie-Grant & Reid, 1901 Eritrea, Ethiopia, nw Somalia and n Kenya  
        C. a. tanganyika  Lynes, 1930 c Kenya to n Tanzania  
        C. a. lobito  Lynes, 1930 w Angola  
        C. a. perplexus  White, CMN, 1947 n Zambia  
        C. a. kalahari  Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 c Namibia and s Botswana to n South Africa  
        C. a. traylori  Benson & Irwin, 1966 e Angola and w Zambia  
        C. a. caliginus  Clancey, 1955 s Mozambique and e South Africa  
        C. a. eremicus  Clancey, 1984 s Angola and n Namibia to Zimbabwe  
Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix  (Vieillot, 1817) AF : s  
        C. t. bulubulu  Lynes, 1931 w Angola  
        C. t. anselli  White, CMN, 1960 e Angola and w Zambia  
        C. t. major  (Roberts, 1913) c and e South Africa  
        C. t. marleyi  (Roberts, 1932) s Mozambique and coastal e South Africa  
        C. t. textrix  (Vieillot, 1817) s South Africa  
Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius  (Heuglin, 1869) AF : e, c, w  
        C. e. occidens  Lynes, 1930 s Senegal to Nigeria  
        C. e. winneba  Lynes, 1931 s Ghana  
        C. e. eximius  (Heuglin, 1869) Congo and Central African Republic to Eritrea, Ethiopia, w Kenya and n Tanzania  
Dambo Cisticola Cisticola dambo  Lynes, 1931 AF : c  
        C. d. kasai  Lynes, 1936 Kasai Province (sc DR Congo)  
        C. d. dambo  Lynes, 1931 se DR Congo, e Angola and w Zambia  
Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens  Heuglin, 1862 AF : c, e, s  
        C. b. mbangensis  Chappuis & Érard, 1973 nc Cameroon  
        C. b. lynesi  Bates, 1926 w Cameroon  
        C. b. wambera  Lynes, 1930 nw Ethiopia  
        C. b. brunnescens  Heuglin, 1862 Ethiopia and nw Somalia, ?n Kenya  
        C. b. nakuruensis  van Someren, 1922 Kenya and n Tanzania west of the Rift Valley  
        C. b. hindii  Sharpe, 1896 Kenya and n Tanzania east of the Rift Valley  
Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus  Reichenow, 1904 AF : sc, s  
        C. c. midcongo  Lynes, 1938 se Gabon, Congo and w DR Congo  
        C. c. cinnamomeus  Reichenow, 1904 c Angola to s Tanzania and south to n Botswana  
        C. c. egregius  (Roberts, 1913) s Mozambique and e South Africa  
Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii  Hartlaub, 1863 AF : c, s  
        C. a. gabun  Lynes, 1931 Gabon, Congo and w DR Congo  
        C. a. imatong  Cave, 1938 s Sudan, ?n Uganda  
        C. a. entebbe  Lynes, 1930 ne DR Congo to w Kenya and nw Tanzania  
        C. a. itombwensis  Prigogine, 1957 e DR Congo  
        C. a. mauensis  van Someren, 1922 c Kenya  
        C. a. ayresii  Hartlaub, 1863 Angola to s Tanzania and south to e South Africa  
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis  (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) OR, AU : widespread  
        C. e. tytleri  Jerdon, 1863 s Nepal and ne India to n Burma and sw China  
        C. e. erythrocephalus  Blyth, 1851 s India  
        C. e. equicaudatus  Baker, ECS, 1924 e Burma, Thailand and Indochina  
        C. e. courtoisi  La Touche, 1926 s and e China  
        C. e. volitans  (Swinhoe, 1859) Taiwan  
        C. e. semirufus  Cabanis, 1872 Philippines and Sulu Arch.  
        C. e. rusticus  Wallace, 1863 Sulawesi and s Moluccas  
        C. e. lineocapilla  Gould, 1847 Sumatra, sw Borneo, Java, Lesser Sundas and nw Australia  
        C. e. diminutus  Mathews, 1922 New Guinea, islands in the Torres Strait and ne Australia  
        C. e. alexandrae  Mathews, 1912 inland n Australia  
        C. e. exilis  (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) e and se Australia  
        C. e. polionotus  Mayr, 1934 Bismarck Arch.  
Socotra Warbler Incana incana  (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub, 1881) EU : Socotra Island  
Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii  (Blyth, 1844) OR : Pakistan, nw India  
        P. b. burnesii  (Blyth, 1844) Pakistan and nw India  
        P. b. nepalicola  Baral, Basnet, Chaudhary, B, Chaudhary, H, Giri & Som, 2008 ne India and n Bangladesh  
Swamp Prinia Prinia cinerascens  (Walden, 1874) OR : ne India AS : Prinia cinerascens is split from P. burnesii (King 1997, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Ryan et al. 2006)
Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera  Hodgson, 1836 EU : Afghanistan to wc China, also Burma to Taiwan  
        P. c. striatula  (Hume, 1873) e Afghanistan and w Pakistan  
        P. c. crinigera  Hodgson, 1836 ne Pakistan to Bhutan  
        P. c. catharia  Reichenow, 1908 ne India, w and n Burma to c China  
        P. c. parvirostris  (La Touche, 1922) s China  
        P. c. parumstriata  (David & Oustalet, 1877) ec and se China  
        P. c. striata  Swinhoe, 1859 Taiwan  
Brown Prinia Prinia polychroa  (Temminck, 1828) OR : Southeast Asia, Java  
        P. p. cooki  (Harington, 1913) c and e Burma, s Yunnan (s China), Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.  
        P. p. bangsi  (La Touche, 1922) se Yunnan (s China)  
        P. p. rocki  Deignan, 1957 sc Vietnam  
        P. p. polychroa  (Temminck, 1828) Java  
Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis  (Moore, F, 1854) OR : e Himalayas from Nepal to w Burma ENG : Change English name of Prinia atrogularis from Hill Prinia to Black-throated Prinia, with split of P. superciliaris which assumes English name “Hill Prinia“
        P. a. atrogularis  (Moore, F, 1854) e Himalayas and sw China  
        P. a. khasiana  (Godwin-Austen, 1876) ne India and w Burma  
Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris  (Anderson, 1871) OR : ne India, e Burma, se Asia, Sumatra AS : Prinia superciliaris is split from P. atrogularis (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
        P. s. erythropleura  (Walden, 1875) e Burma and nw Thailand  
        P. s. superciliaris  (Anderson, 1871) ne Burma, s and se China, ne Thailand and ne Indochina  
        P. s. klossi  (Hachisuka, 1926) s Indochina  
        P. s. waterstradti  (Hartert, 1902) Mt. Tahan (Malay Pen.)  
        P. s. dysancrita  (Oberholser, 1912) w Sumatra  
Grey-crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla  Moore, F, 1854 OR : nw India, Nepal, Bhutan  
Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani  Blyth, 1844 OR : Pakistan, India  
Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens  Blyth, 1847 OR : widespread  
        P. r. rufescens  Blyth, 1847 ne and e India to s China and c Burma  
        P. r. beavani  Walden, 1867 se Burma, n and c Thailand to n Indochina  
        P. r. dalatensis  (Riley, 1940) sc and s Vietnam  
        P. r. objurgans  Deignan, 1942 se Thailand and s Cambodia  
        P. r. peninsularis  Deignan, 1942 n and c Malay Pen.  
        P. r. extrema  Deignan, 1942 s Malay Pen.  
Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii  Blyth, 1844 OR : widespread  
        P. h. rufula  Godwin-Austen, 1874 Himalaya foothills from n Pakistan to ne India, w Burma and sw China  
        P. h. confusa  Deignan, 1942 sc China and n Indochina  
        P. h. hodgsonii  Blyth, 1844 w India to Bangladesh and wc Burma  
        P. h. erro  Deignan, 1942 c Burma through Thailand to s Indochina  
        P. h. albogularis  Walden, 1870 s and se India  
        P. h. pectoralis  Legge, 1874 Sri Lanka  
Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis  (Lichtenstein, 1823) EU : sc, also ne Africa  
        P. g. natronensis  Nicoll, 1917 Natron Valley (n Egypt)  
        P. g. deltae  Reichenow, 1904 Nile Delta (n Egypt) to w Israel  
        P. g. gracilis  (Lichtenstein, 1823) Cairo (n Egypt)to c Sudan  
        P. g. carlo  Zedlitz, 1911 ne Sudan to Somalia  
        P. g. yemenensis  Hartert, 1909 w Saudi Arabia, Yemen and s Oman  
        P. g. hufufae  Ticehurst & Cheesman, 1924 ne Saudi Arabia and Bahrain  
        P. g. carpenteri  Meyer de Schauensee & Ripley, 1953 n Oman and United Arab Emirates  
        P. g. palaestinae  Zedlitz, 1911 s Syria to nw Saudi Arabia  
        P. g. irakensis  Meinertzhagen, 1923 e Syria, Iraq and sw Iran  
        P. g. akyildizi  Watson, 1961 s Turkey and n Syria  
        P. g. lepida  Blyth, 1844 se Iran to n India  
        P. g. stevensi  Hartert, 1923 se Nepal, ne India and Bangladesh  
Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica  Jerdon, 1840 OR : India, Sri Lanka  
        P. s. insignis  (Hume, 1872) nw India  
        P. s. gangetica  (Blyth, 1867) n India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh  
        P. s. mahendrae  Koelz, 1939 e India  
        P. s. sylvatica  Jerdon, 1840 c and s India  
        P. s. valida  (Blyth, 1851) Sri Lanka  
Bar-winged Prinia Prinia familiaris  Horsfield, 1821 OR : Sumatra, Java  
Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris  (Delessert, 1840) OR : widespread  
        P. f. sindiana  Ticehurst, 1920 Pakistan and nw India  
        P. f. flaviventris  (Delessert, 1840) n India to w and n Burma  
        P. f. sonitans  Swinhoe, 1860 se China, Taiwan and ne Vietnam  
        P. f. delacouri  Deignan, 1942 e and s Burma, Thailand, s China to nw, c and s Indochina  
        P. f. rafflesi  Tweeddale, 1877 Malay Pen., Sumatra and Java  
        P. f. halistona  (Oberholser, 1912) Nias I. (off w Sumatra)  
        P. f. latrunculus  (Finsch, 1905) Borneo  
Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis  Sykes, 1832 OR : Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka  
        P. s. stewarti  Blyth, 1847 ne Pakistan, w and n India, Nepal  
        P. s. inglisi  Whistler & Kinnear, 1933 ne India, Bhutan and Bangladesh  
        P. s. socialis  Sykes, 1832 s India  
        P. s. brevicauda  Legge, 1879 Sri Lanka  
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) AF : widespread  
        P. s. subflava  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) s Mauritania and Senegal to c Ethiopia and n Uganda  
        P. s. pallescens  Madarász, 1914 n Mali to nw Eritrea and n Ethiopia  
        P. s. tenella  (Cabanis, 1869) s Somalia, e Kenya and e Tanzania  
        P. s. melanorhyncha  (Jardine & Fraser, 1852) Sierra Leone to s Uganda, c Kenya and nw Tanzania  
        P. s. graueri  Hartert, 1920 c Angola, s and e DR Congo and Rwanda  
        P. s. affinis  (Smith, A, 1843) se DR Congo and sw Tanzania to ne South Africa  
        P. s. kasokae  White, CMN, 1946 e Angola and w Zambia  
        P. s. mutatrix  Meise, 1936 s Tanzania to e Zimbabwe and c Mozambique  
        P. s. bechuanae  Macdonald, 1941 sw Angola and n Namibia to nw Zimbabwe  
        P. s. pondoensis  Roberts, 1922 s Mozambique and e South Africa  
Plain Prinia Prinia inornata  Sykes, 1832 OR : widespread  
        P. i. terricolor  (Hume, 1874) e Afghanistan and Pakistan to n India and sw Nepal  
        P. i. fusca  Hodgson, 1845 Nepal and ne India to sw Burma  
        P. i. blanfordi  (Walden, 1875) n, c and e Burma, nw Thailand and w Yunnan (s China)  
        P. i. extensicauda  (Swinhoe, 1860) n and e Yunnan (s China) to e China, n Indochina  
        P. i. herberti  Baker, ECS, 1918 s Burma to c and s Indochina  
        P. i. flavirostris  (Swinhoe, 1863) Taiwan  
        P. i. inornata  Sykes, 1832 c and se India  
        P. i. franklinii  Blyth, 1844 sw India  
        P. i. insularis  (Legge, 1879) Sri Lanka  
        P. i. blythi  (Bonaparte, 1850) Java  
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica  (Elliot, 1897) AF : ne  
        P. s. somalica  (Elliot, 1897) n Somalia  
        P. s. erlangeri  Reichenow, 1905 se Sudan and e Uganda to s Somalia  
River Prinia Prinia fluviatilis  Chappuis, 1974 AF : w  
Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans  (Vieillot, 1821) AF : s  
        P. f. bihe  Boulton & Vincent, 1936 s Angola and w Zambia  
        P. f. ansorgei  Sclater, WL, 1927 sw Angola and nw Namibia  
        P. f. flavicans  (Vieillot, 1821) s Namibia to c Botswana and nw South Africa  
        P. f. nubilosa  Clancey, 1957 sw Zambia to n South Africa  
        P. f. ortleppi  (Tristram, 1869) ne and e South Africa  
Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa  (Boddaert, 1783) AF : sw  
        P. m. psammophila  Clancey, 1963 sw Namibia and w South Africa  
        P. m. maculosa  (Boddaert, 1783) s Namibia and c South Africa  
        P. m. exultans  Clancey, 1982 se South Africa and Lesotho  
Drakensberg Prinia Prinia hypoxantha  (Sharpe, 1877) AF : s  
Sao Tome Prinia Prinia molleri  Barboza du Bocage, 1887 AF : São Tomé  
Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii  (Cassin, 1855) AF : c  
        P. b. bairdii  (Cassin, 1855) se Nigeria to Congo and east to ne DR Congo and w Uganda  
        P. b. heinrichi  Meise, 1958 nw Angola  
Black-faced Prinia Prinia melanops  (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) AF : ec PL : Black-faced Prinia is usually treated as a subspecies of Banded Prinia P. bairdii; revisit species status
        P. m. obscura  (Neumann, 1908) e DR Congo, w Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda  
        P. m. melanops  (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) e Uganda and w Kenya  
White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon  (Cabanis, 1875) AF : c  
        S. l. leucopogon  (Cabanis, 1875) se Nigeria to w and s DR Congo, n Zambia and n Angola  
        S. l. reichenowi  (Hartlaub, 1890) se Sudan and e DR Congo to w Kenya and w Tanzania  
Sierra Leone Prinia Schistolais leontica  (Bates, 1930) AF : w  
Namaqua Warbler Phragmacia substriata  (Smith, A, 1842) AF : s  
        P. s. confinis  (Clancey, 1991) s Namibia , nw and n South Africa  
        P. s. substriata  (Smith, A, 1842) w and c South Africa  
Roberts's Warbler Oreophilais robertsi  (Benson, 1946) AF : se  
Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus  (Jardine, 1849) AF : w, c, e  
        H. e. erythropterus  (Jardine, 1849) Senegal to n Cameroon  
        H. e. jodopterus  (Heuglin, 1864) c Cameroon to s Sudan and nw Uganda  
        H. e. major  (Blundell & Lovat, 1899) Ethiopia  
        H. e. rhodopterus  (Shelley, 1880) Kenya to e Zimbabwe and Mozambique  
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus  (Reichenow, 1892) AF : wc  
        U. e. epichlorus  (Reichenow, 1892) se Nigeria and s Southwest Region of Cameroon  
        U. e. cinderella  Bates, 1928 n Southwest Region of Cameroon  
        U. e. mariae  Alexander, 1903 Bioko I.  
Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher  (Sharpe, 1891) AF : c, e  
        O. p. pulcher  (Sharpe, 1891) se Nigeria to s Sudan and Kenya  
        O. p. murphyi  (Chapin, 1932) se DR Congo  
Ruwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii  (Jackson, 1904) AF : e  
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana  Hartlaub, 1881 AF : c  
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans  (Cretzschmar, 1826) AF : ne, c, w ENG : Restore established name of Spiloptila clamans to Cricket Warbler; avoids confusion with Green Longtail (Urolais)
Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella  (Cretzschmar, 1830) AF : n  
Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica  (Shaw, 1811) AF : s  
        A. t. griseiceps  Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 se Kenya to c Tanzania  
        A. t. pareensis  Ripley & Heinrich, 1966 South Pare Mts. (ne Tanzania)  
        A. t. murina  Reichenow, 1904 ne Tanzania to n Malawi and ne Zambia  
        A. t. uluguru  Neumann, 1914 Uluguru Mts. (e Tanzania)  
        A. t. youngi  Kinnear, 1936 sw Tanzania, n Malawi and ne Zambia  
        A. t. whitei  Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1937 e Zambia and s Malawi  
        A. t. rhodesiae  Gunning & Roberts, 1911 ne Botswana to c Zimbabwe  
        A. t. quarta  Irwin, 1966 Nyanga Mts. (ne Zimbabwe) and Mt. Gorongoza (wc Mozambique)  
        A. t. arnoldi  Roberts, 1936 e Zimbabwe and sw Mozambique  
        A. t. flaviventris  Gunning & Roberts, 1911 se Botswana and n South Africa  
        A. t. spelonkensis  Gunning & Roberts, 1911 ne South Africa  
        A. t. drakensbergensis  Roberts, 1937 ec South Africa and w Swaziland  
        A. t. lebomboensis  Roberts, 1931 e Swaziland, e South Africa and s Mozambique  
        A. t. venusta  Gunning & Roberts, 1911 e to se South Africa  
        A. t. thoracica  (Shaw, 1811) se South Africa  
        A. t. claudei  Sclater, WL, 1910 s South Africa  
        A. t. capensis  Roberts, 1936 sw South Africa  
        A. t. griseopyga  Lawson, 1965 w South Africa  
Yellow-throated Apalis Apalis flavigularis  Shelley, 1893 AF : Malawi  
Taita Apalis Apalis fuscigularis  Moreau, 1938 AF : Kenya  
Namuli Apalis Apalis lynesi  Vincent, 1933 AF : Mozambique  
Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi  Grant, 1908 AF : se  
        A. r. ruddi  Grant, 1908 se Mozambique  
        A. r. caniviridis  Hanmer, 1979 s Malawi  
        A. r. fumosa  Clancey, 1966 s Mozambique and e South Africa  
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida  (Strickland, 1853) AF : widespread  
        A. f. viridiceps  Hawker, 1898 ne Ethiopia and nw Somalia  
        A. f. flavocincta  (Sharpe, 1882) se Sudan and n Uganda to s Somalia and ne Kenya  
        A. f. caniceps  (Cassin, 1859) Senegal and Gambia to w Kenya and n Angola  
        A. f. abyssinica  Érard, 1974 sw Ethiopia  
        A. f. pugnax  Lawson, 1968 w and c Kenya  
        A. f. golzi  (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) Taita Hills (se Kenya) to c Tanzania and Rwanda  
        A. f. neglecta  (Alexander, 1899) e Angola to se Kenya and e Tanzania south to Mozambique and n South Africa  
        A. f. flavida  (Strickland, 1853) w Angola and n Namibia to nw Zimbabwe  
        A. f. florisuga  (Reichenow, 1898) se South Africa  
Lowland Masked Apalis Apalis binotata  Reichenow, 1895 AF : c  
Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata  Sharpe, 1902 AF : ec  
        A. p. personata  Sharpe, 1902 ne and e DR Congo, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda  
        A. p. marungensis  Chapin, 1932 se DR Congo  
Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni  Sharpe, 1891 AF : c, e  
        A. j. bambuluensis  Serle, 1949 se Nigeria and sw Cameroon  
        A. j. minor  Ogilvie-Grant, 1917 s Cameroon to sw Central African Republic, n DR Congo and Gabon  
        A. j. jacksoni  Sharpe, 1891 s Sudan to n Tanzania and e DR Congo, n Angola  
White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa  Reichenow, 1879 AF : e  
        A. c. chariessa  Reichenow, 1879 e Kenya  
        A. c. macphersoni  Vincent, 1934 c Tanzania to Malawi and n Mozambiique  
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps  (Shelley, 1873) AF : c, w  
        A. n. nigriceps  (Shelley, 1873) Sierra Leone to sw Central African Republic and Gabon  
        A. n. collaris  van Someren, 1915 e DR Congo and Uganda  
Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala  (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) AF : e  
        A. m. nigrodorsalis  Granvik, 1923 c Kenya  
        A. m. moschi  van Someren, 1931 se Kenya and e Tanzania  
        A. m. muhuluensis  Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1947 se Tanzania  
        A. m. melanocephala  (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) coastal s Somalia to ne Tanzania  
        A. m. lightoni  Roberts, 1938 e Zimbabwe and c Mozambique  
        A. m. fuliginosa  Vincent, 1933 s Malawi  
        A. m. tenebricosa  Vincent, 1933 n Mozambique  
        A. m. adjacens  Clancey, 1969 e Malawi highlands  
        A. m. addenda  Clancey, 1968 s Mozambique  
Chirinda Apalis Apalis chirindensis  Shelley, 1906 AF : se  
        A. c. vumbae  Roberts, 1936 e Zimbabwe  
        A. c. chirindensis  Shelley, 1906 se Zimbabwe and wc Mozambique  
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema  Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 AF : ec  
Kabobo Apalis Apalis kaboboensis  Prigogine, 1955 AF : Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini  Friedmann, 1928 AF : ec  
        A. c. chapini  Friedmann, 1928 c Tanzania  
        A. c. strausae  Boulton, 1931 ne Zambia, s Tanzania and Malawi  
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii  Shelley, 1884 AF : w  
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis  (Fraser, 1843) AF : w, c  
        A. r. rufogularis  (Fraser, 1843) e Nigeria to Gabon and Central African Republic, Bioko I.  
        A. r. sanderi  Serle, 1951 s Benin to sw Nigeria  
        A. r. nigrescens  (Jackson, 1906) sw Sudan, DR Congo and Uganda (except sw) to w Kenya, nw Tanzania,nw Zambia and ne Angola  
        A. r. angolensis  (Bannerman, 1922) nw Angola  
        A. r. brauni  Stresemann, 1934 w Angola  
        A. r. kigezi  Keith, Twomey & Friedmann, 1967 sw Uganda  
Kungwe Apalis Apalis argentea  Moreau, 1941 AF : ec  
Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae  (van Someren, 1921) AF : e  
        A. k. karamojae  (van Someren, 1921) ne Uganda  
        A. k. stronachi  Stuart & Collar, 1985 n Tanzania and sw Kenya  
Bamenda Apalis Apalis bamendae  Bannerman, 1922 AF : Cameroon  
Gosling's Apalis Apalis goslingi  Alexander, 1908 AF : wc  
Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea  (Sharpe, 1891) AF : c, e  
        A. c. funebris  Bannerman, 1937 Nigeria and Cameroon  
        A. c. cinerea  (Sharpe, 1891) e DR Congo and s Sudan to c Kenya and nw Tanzania  
        A. c. sclateri  (Alexander, 1903) Mt. Cameroon (sw Cameroon), Bioko I.  
        A. c. grandis  Boulton, 1931 w Angola  
Brown-headed Apalis Apalis alticola  (Shelley, 1899) AF : c  
        A. a. dowsetti  Prigogine, 1973 Marungu Mts. (se DR Congo)  
        A. a. alticola  (Shelley, 1899) n Angola, s DR Congo and n Zambia to Malawi, Tanzania and sw Kenya  
Red-fronted Warbler Urorhipis rufifrons  (Rüppell, 1840) AF : ne  
        U. r. rufifrons  (Rüppell, 1840) Chad to nw Somalia  
        U. r. smithi  (Sharpe, 1895) se Sudan to c Somalia and s to n Tanzania  
        U. r. rufidorsalis  (Sharpe, 1897) se Kenya  
Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis  Smith, A, 1829 AF : s  
        M. p. etoshae  (Winterbottom, 1965) n and c Namibia  
        M. p. ocularius  (Smith, A, 1843) s Namibia, s Botswana and n South Africa  
        M. p. pectoralis  Smith, A, 1829 s South Africa  
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps  (Lesson, 1831) AF : w  
Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida  Hartlaub, 1881 AF : e  
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura  (Vieillot, 1821) AF : e, s PL : Green-backed Camaroptera may be conspecific with Grey-backed Camaroptera, given same vocals, little genetic divergence, and hybridization in some areas (Bowie 2006, Ryan 2006 (HBW 11)
        C. b. pileata  Reichenow, 1891 se Kenya to se Tanzania  
        C. b. fugglescouchmani  Moreau, 1939 ne Zambia, n Malawi and e Tanzania  
        C. b. bororensis  Gunning & Roberts, 1911 s Tanzania, s Malawi and n Mozambique  
        C. b. constans  Clancey, 1952 se Zimbabwe, s Mozambique and ne South Africa  
        C. b. brachyura  (Vieillot, 1821) s and e South Africa  
Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata  (Cretzschmar, 1830) AF : widespread  
        C. b. brevicaudata  (Cretzschmar, 1830) Senegal to c Sudan and nw Ethiopia  
        C. b. tincta  (Cassin, 1855) Liberia to w Kenya and w Tanzania south to nw Angola and nw Zambia  
        C. b. abessinica  Zedlitz, 1911 s Sudan and ne DR Congo to nw Somalia and n Kenya  
        C. b. insulata  Desfayes, 1975 sw Ethiopia  
        C. b. aschani  Granvik, 1934 e DR Congo, sw Uganda and w Kenya  
        C. b. erlangeri  Reichenow, 1905 s Somalia, e Kenya and ne Tanzania  
        C. b. griseigula  Sharpe, 1892 se Uganda, w Kenya and n Tanzania  
        C. b. intercalata  White, CMN, 1960 n Angola and s DR Congo to w Tanzania and n Zambia  
        C. b. sharpei  Zedlitz, 1911 s Angola and n Namibia to Malawi, Zimbabwe and nc South Africa  
        C. b. transitiva  Clancey, 1974 se Botswana, Zimbabwe and nc South Africa  
        C. b. beirensis  Roberts, 1932 c Mozambique, e Zimbabwe and ne South Africa  
Hartert's Camaroptera Camaroptera harterti  Zedlitz, 1911 AF : Angola  
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris  (Fraser, 1843) AF : w, c  
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota  Reichenow, 1895 AF : w, c  
        C. c. kelsalli  Sclater, WL, 1927 Senegal to Ghana  
        C. c. chloronota  Reichenow, 1895 Togo to Cameroon, Gabon and Congo  
        C. c. granti  Alexander, 1903 Bioko I.  
        C. c. kamitugaensis  Prigogine, 1961 e DR Congo  
        C. c. toroensis  (Jackson, 1905) Central African Republic and c DR Congo to sw Kenya and nw Tanzania  
Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex  (Cabanis, 1878) AF : c, e  
Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus  (Reichenow, 1882) AF : ec  
        C. u. cinereus  Reichenow, 1887 Congo, w DR Congo, n Angola and nw Zambia  
        C. u. huilae  (Meise, 1958) wc Angola  
        C. u. katangae  Neave, 1909 se DR Congo and n Zambia  
        C. u. undosus  (Reichenow, 1882) Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Kenya  
Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi  Reichenow, 1901 AF : se  
        C. s. stierlingi  Reichenow, 1901 se Angola and ne Namibia to e Tanzania and n Mozambique  
        C. s. irwini  (Smithers & Paterson, 1956) e Zambia to c Mozambique and Botswana  
        C. s. olivascens  (Clancey, 1969) coastal Mozambique  
        C. s. pintoi  (Irwin, 1960) s Mozambique and ne South Africa  
Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus  (Smith, A, 1847) AF : s  
        C. f. pallidior  Hartert, 1907 sw Angola  
        C. f. fasciolatus  (Smith, A, 1847) nc Namibia to Botswana, w Zimbabwe and n South Africa  
        C. f. europhilus  (Clancey, 1970) se Botswana, s Zimbabwe and n South Africa  
Cinnamon-breasted Warbler Euryptila subcinnamomea  (Smith, A, 1847) AF : sw  
        E. s. subcinnamomea  (Smith, A, 1847) w and c South Africa  
        E. s. petrophila  Clancey, 1990 s Namibia and nw South Africa  
Black-headed Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus cerviniventris  (Sharpe, 1877) AF : w  
Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus  Reichenow, 1895 AF : c  
        B. r. rufus  Reichenow, 1895 s Cameroon and Gabon to nw DR Congo  
        B. r. vulpinus  Reichenow, 1895 s Sudan and e DR Congo to w Kenya and nw Tanzania  
Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae  (Moreau, 1938) AF : Uluguru Mts of E Tanzania  
Rubeho Warbler Scepomycter rubehoensis  Bowie, Fjeldsa & Kiure, 2009 AF : Rubeho-Ukaguru Mts of Tanzania  
Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius  (Pennant, 1769) OR : widespread  
        O. s. guzuratus  (Latham, 1790) Pakistan to c and s India  
        O. s. patia  Hodgson, 1845 c and e Himalayas to w Burma  
        O. s. luteus  Ripley, 1948 ne India  
        O. s. inexpectatus  La Touche, 1922 e Burma and s China to n Laos and n Vietnam  
        O. s. longicauda  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) se China and n Vietnam  
        O. s. maculicollis  Moore, F, 1855 se Burma, Malay Pen. and s Indochina  
        O. s. edela  Temminck, 1836 Java  
        O. s. fernandonis  Whistler, 1939 highlands of Sri Lanka  
        O. s. sutorius  (Pennant, 1769) lowlands of Sri Lanka  
Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis  Temminck, 1836 OR : widespread  
        O. a. nitidus  Hume, 1874 ne India and e Bangladesh to s China, Thailand and Indochina  
        O. a. atrogularis  Temminck, 1836 Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo (except ne)  
        O. a. anambensis  Watson, 1986 Tioman I. (off e Malay Pen.), Anambas Is. and Natuna Is.  
        O. a. humphreysi  Chasen & Kloss, 1929 ne Borneo  
Philippine Tailorbird Orthotomus castaneiceps  Walden, 1872 OR :  Philippines  
        O. c. castaneiceps  Walden, 1872 c Philippines  
        O. c. rabori  Parkes, 1961 Negros and Cebu  
Trilling Tailorbird Orthotomus chloronotus  Ogilvie-Grant, 1895 OR : n,c Luzon AS : Orthotomus chloronotus is split from O. castaneiceps (Sheldon et al 2012)
Rufous-fronted Tailorbird Orthotomus frontalis  Sharpe, 1877 OR : s Philippines AS : Orthotomus frontalis is split from O. castaneiceps (Ryan et al. 2006)
        O. f. frontalis  Sharpe, 1877 ec and s Philippines  
        O. f. mearnsi  McGregor, 1907 Basilan  
Grey-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus derbianus  Moore, F, 1855 OR : Philippines  
        O. d. derbianus  Moore, F, 1855 Luzon  
        O. d. nilesi  Parkes, 1988 Catanduanes  
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus  Temminck, 1836 OR : Malay Peninsula to Philippines  
        O. s. hesperius  Oberholser, 1932 Malay Pen., Sumatra and Belitung I. (e of Sumatra)  
        O. s. sericeus  Temminck, 1836 Borneo, w and sw Philippines  
        O. s. rubicundulus  Chasen & Kloss, 1931 Natuna Is.  
Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps  (Lesson, 1830) OR : Malay Peninsula to Philippines  
        O. r. cineraceus  Blyth, 1845 Malay Pen., Sumatra, Bangka I. and Belitung I (east of Sumatra)  
        O. r. baeus  Oberholser, 1912 Nias and Pagai Is. (off w Sumatra)  
        O. r. concinnus  Riley, 1927 Siberut and Sipura Is. (off w Sumatra)  
        O. r. ruficeps  (Lesson, 1830) Java  
        O. r. palliolatus  Chasen & Kloss, 1932 Karimunjawa and Kangean Is. (n of Java)  
        O. r. baweanus  Hoogerwerf, 1962 Bawean I. (n of Java)  
        O. r. borneoensis  Salvadori, 1874 Borneo  
        O. r. cagayanensis  Riley, 1935 Cagayan Sulu I. (n of Borneo)  
Olive-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus sepium  Horsfield, 1821 OR : Java  
        O. s. sundaicus  Hoogerwerf, 1962 Panaitan I. (w of Java)  
        O. s. sepium  Horsfield, 1821 Java, Bali and Lombok  
White-eared Tailorbird Orthotomus cinereiceps  Sharpe, 1877 OR : Philippines  
        O. c. obscurior  Mayr, 1947 Mindanao  
        O. c. cinereiceps  Sharpe, 1877 Basilan  
Black-headed Tailorbird Orthotomus nigriceps  Tweeddale, 1878 OR : Philippines  
Yellow-breasted Tailorbird Orthotomus samarensis  Steere, 1890 OR : Philippines  
Long-billed Forest Warbler Artisornis moreaui  (Sclater, WL, 1931) AF : se  
        A. m. moreaui  (Sclater, WL, 1931) ne Tanzania  
        A. m. sousae  (Benson, 1945) nw Mozambique  
Red-capped Forest Warbler Artisornis metopias  (Reichenow, 1907) AF : e  
        A. m. metopias  (Reichenow, 1907) ne Tanzania to nw Mozambique  
        A. m. altus  (Friedmann, 1927) Uluguru Mts. (e Tanzania)  
White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi  (Alexander, 1903) AF : wc  
        P. l. alexanderi  Bannerman, 1915 Mt. Cameroon (sw Cameroon)  
        P. l. lopezi  (Alexander, 1903) Bioko I.  
        P. l. manengubae  Serle, 1949 se Nigeria and sw Cameroon  
Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis  (Lafresnaye, 1839) AF : widespread  
        E. i. alexanderi  Sclater, WL & Mackworth-Praed, 1918 Senegal and Gambia to w Sudan  
        E. i. griseoflava  Heuglin, 1862 c Sudan to nw Somalia and w Kenya  
        E. i. abdominalis  Reichenow, 1905 c Kenya to n Tanzania  
        E. i. polioxantha  Sharpe, 1883 se DR Congo and s Tanzania to e Botswana, s Mozambique and ne South Africa  
        E. i. helenorae  Alexander, 1899 s Angola and ne Namibia to n Botswana and nw Zimbabwe  
        E. i. puellula  Grote, 1929 sw Angola  
        E. i. icteropygialis  (Lafresnaye, 1839) Namibia, w and c Botswana  
        E. i. perimacha  Oberholser, 1920 s Botswana, n and nw South Africa  
        E. i. saturatior  Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 c and s South Africa  
Salvadori's Eremomela Eremomela salvadorii  Reichenow, 1891 AF : wc  
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis  Sharpe, 1895 AF : ne  
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla  Hartlaub, 1857 AF : w  
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens  Antinori, 1864 AF : e, c, w  
        E. c. elegans  Heuglin, 1864 w and c Sudan  
        E. c. abyssinica  Bannerman, 1911 e Sudan, Eritres and Ethiopia  
        E. c. canescens  Antinori, 1864 s Chad and e Cameroon to w Kenya  
Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops  Sundevall, 1850 AF : c, se  
        E. s. kikuyuensis  van Someren, 1931 c Kenya  
        E. s. citriniceps  (Reichenow, 1882) Uganda to w Kenya and w Tanzania  
        E. s. congensis  Reichenow, 1905 se Gabon to sw DR Congo and n Angola  
        E. s. pulchra  (Barboza du Bocage, 1878) Angola and ne Namibia to se DR Congo, w Malawi and n Botswana  
        E. s. scotops  Sundevall, 1850 e Kenya to ne South Africa  
Karoo Eremomela Eremomela gregalis  (Smith, A, 1829) AF : sw  
        E. g. damarensis  Wahlberg, 1855 w Namibia  
        E. g. gregalis  (Smith, A, 1829) sw Namibia, w and s South Africa  
Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis  Sundevall, 1850 AF : s ENG : CORRECT: English name of Eremomela usticollis to “Burnt-necked“ Eremomela
        E. u. rensi  Benson, 1943 e Zambia to c Zimbabwe and c Mozambique  
        E. u. usticollis  Sundevall, 1850 s Angola and Namibia to s Mozambique and ne South Africa  
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps  (Fraser, 1843) AF : w, c  
        E. b. fantiensis  Macdonald, 1940 Sierra Leone to w Nigeria  
        E. b. latukae  Hall, BP, 1949 s Sudan  
        E. b. badiceps  (Fraser, 1843) s Nigeria and s Cameroon to w Uganda, DR Congo and n Angola  
Turner's Eremomela Eremomela turneri  van Someren, 1920 AF : ec  
        E. t. kalindei  Prigogine, 1958 ec DR Congo to sw Uganda  
        E. t. turneri  van Someren, 1920 w Kenya  
Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis  Barboza du Bocage, 1894 AF : sc