Grey Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes simplex)

Other Scientific Names
Calamonastes simplex [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Grey Wren-Warbler, Gray Wren-Warbler, Zambia Wren-warbler, Western Wren-warbler (cinereus)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cabanis, 1878)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

South-eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, northern and southern Somalia, Kenya, eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (52)...)

Grey Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes simplex) [XC300025]
by Peter Boesman from Dawa River, Ethiopia (song)

Grey Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes simplex) [XC795019]
by Oliver Fowler from Samburu National Reserve, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Calamonastes simplex (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into simplex and undosa and both placed in the genus Camaroptera following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993). Calamonastes stierlingi (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) is treated as a subspecies of Camaroptera undosa, also following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Forms a superspecies with Miombo Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes undosus), Stierling's Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes stierlingi) and Barred Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes fasciolatus). Sometimes considered conspecific with Miombo Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes undosus) and Stierling's Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes stierlingi), but there is no intergradation where their ranges meet.

References
See References.

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