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Black-tailed Cisticola
image:DryodromasPearsoniGronvold.jpg, 180px The black-tailed cisticola (''Cisticola melanurus'') is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is dry savanna and the canopy of smaller trees. It forages for insects both in the canopy and on the ground. Taxonomy The black-tailed cisticola was species description, described by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1882 and given the binomial name ''Dryodromas melanurus''. The Binomial nomenclature, specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek words ''melas'' "black" and ''oura'' "tail". The species is now placed in the genus ''Cisticola'' which was erected by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829. The species is monotypic. Description The black-tailed cisticola is in length and weighs . It has a rich rufous crown, dark grey-brown back and a long black tail. The underparts are whitish. Juveniles are similar to the adults but less brightly colour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Cabanis
Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906) was a German ornithologist. Cabanis was born in Berlin to an old Huguenot family who had moved from France. Little is known of his early life. He studied at the University of Berlin from 1835 to 1839, and then travelled to North America, returning in 1841 with a large natural history collection. He was assistant and later director of the Natural History Museum of Berlin (which was at the time the Berlin University Museum), taking over from Martin Lichtenstein. He founded the '' Journal für Ornithologie'' in 1853, editing it for the next forty-one years, when he was succeeded by his son-in-law Anton Reichenow. He died in Friedrichshagen. A number of birds are named after him, including Cabanis's bunting ''Emberiza cabanisi'', Cabanis's spinetail ''Synallaxis cabanisi'', Azure-rumped tanager ''Poecilostreptus cabanisi'' and Cabanis's greenbul Cabanis's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cabanisi''), also known as Cabanis's b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |