Streaked scrub warbler

Streaked scrub warbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Oscines
Superfamily: Sylvioidea
Family: Scotocercidae
Fregin, Haase, Olsson & Alström, 2012
Genus: Scotocerca
Sundevall, 1872
Species: S. inquieta
Binomial name
Scotocerca inquieta
(Cretzschmar, 1827)
Eggs of Scotocerca inquieta saharae MHNT

The streaked scrub warbler (Scotocerca inquieta) is a species of bird in the Scotocercidae family. It used to be placed along in the family Cisticolidae.[2]

It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan,and Yemen.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Scotocerca inquieta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Alstrom, P; J. Fjeldsa; S. Fregin; U Olsson (2011). "Gross morphology betrays phylogeny: the Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta is not a cisticolid". Ibis 153: 87–97. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.2010.01093.x.
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