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#WarblersOfinstagram #RedWingedWarbler #Warblers BirdsOfinstagram Red-winged warbler #HeliolaisErythropterus jodopterus 1869 Kingdom: #AnimaliaSeria Phylum: #ChordataSeria Class: #AvesSeria Order: #PasseriformesSeria Family: #CisticolidaeSeria Genus: #HeliolaisSeria Sharpe, 1903 Species: #HeliolaisErythropterusSeria (Jardine, 1849) Taxonomy: The red-winged warbler was described by the Scottish naturalist William Jardine in 1849 under the binomial name #DrymoicaErythroptera. The type locality is West Africa. The specific epithet erythropterus comes from the Ancient Greek eruthros for "red" and -pteros, "-winged". There are four subspecies: #HeliolaisErythropterusErythropterus (Jardine, 1849) – #SenegalBirdsSeria to northern #CameroonBirdsSeria #HeliolaisErythropterusJodopterus (Heuglin, 1864) – central Cameroon to southern #SudanBirdsSeria and northwestern #UgandaBirdsSeria #HeliolaisErythropterusMajor (Blundell & Lovat, 1899) – #EthiopianBirdsSeria #HeliolaisErythropterusRhodopterus (Shelley, 1880) – #KenyanBirdsSeria to eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique #WarblersSeria #WarblersSeria #BirdsSeria #AfricanBirdsSeria #AfricanWarblersSeria #AfricanAnimalsSeria #28November2017Seria #28NovemberSeria 2017NovemberSeria 2017TuesdaySeria (African Love Bird Society)
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#WarblersOfinstagram #VictorinsWarbler #CryptillasVictorini #Warblers Victorin's warbler Kingdom: #AnimaliaSeria Phylum: #ChordataSeria Class: #AvesSeria Order: #PasseriformesSeria Family: #MacrosphenidaeSeria Genus: #CryptillasSeria Oberholser, 1899 Species: #CryptillasVictoriniSeria (Sundevall, 1860) Synonyms #BradypterusVictorini regram @birdsofsouthafrica Victorin's Warbler (" #Rooiborsruigtesanger ") a tough bird to spot as it's usually in dense fynbos 📸 @theflacksphotography The Victorin's warbler (Cryptillas victorini), or Victorin's scrub warbler is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the Sylviidae family. It is not closely related to the genus Bradypterus, where it was placed for many years, but instead is placed in a monotypic genus Cryptillas. It is found only in fynbos, the endemic shrubland habitat found in the Western Cape of South Africa. The common name and scientific name commemorates Johan Frederik Victorin (1831-1855), a Swedish traveler who visited South Africa. #BirdsSeria #WarblersSeria #RooiborsruigtesangerSeria #VictorinsWarblersSeria #SouthAfricanBirdsSeria #SouthAfricanAnimalsSeria #AfricanAnimalsSeria #SouthAfricanWarblersSeria #AfricanBirdsSeria #AfricanWarblersSeria #25December2017seria #25DecemberSeria #2017DecemberSeria #2017MondaySeria #MondayDecemberSeria #MondaySeria (Cape Town, Western Cape)
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