Calamonastes

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea
Familia: Cisticolidae
Genus: Calamonastes
Species: C. fasciolatus - C. simplex - C. stierlingi - C. undosus

Name

Calamonastes Sharpe, 1883

Reference

Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum 7 p.94,133

Calamonastes is a genus of birds in the family Cisticolidae. It contains African wren-warblers.

Species

* Barred Wren-Warbler, Calamonastes fasciolatus
* Grey Wren-Warbler, Calamonastes simplex
* Stierling's Wren-Warbler, Calamonastes stierlingi
* Miombo Wren-Warbler, Calamonastes undosus

References

Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum 7 p.94, 133

* Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). Pp. 378-492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4

* Nguembock B.; Fjeldsa J.; Tillier A.; Pasquet E. (2007): A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 272-286.