African Species List

Mainland and adjacent islands

Part 17 - Blackcap Illadopsis to Marmora's Warbler

Blackcap Illadopsis (Illadopsis cleaveri) -- Alternative English Name(s): Blackcap Thrush-Babbler

I. c. batesi -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Blackcap Illadopsis
I. c. johnsoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Liberian Blackcap Illadopsis
I. c. cleaveri
I. c. marchanti -- Alternative scientific name(s): I. c. poensis
I. c. poensis

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Pale-breasted Illadopsis, Uganda Scaly-breasted Illadopsis -- Alternative scientific name(s): I. a. albipectus, I. a. barakae, I. a. minutus

I. a. barakae
I. a. albipectus

Rufous-winged Illadopsis (Illadopsis rufecens) -- Alternative English Name(s): Upper Guinea White-breasted Thrush-Babbler

Puvel's Illadopsis (Illadopsis puveli) -- Alternative English Name(s): Puvel's Thrush-Babbler, Lagos Puvel's Illadopsis

M. p. puveli
M. p. strenuipes -- Alternative English Name(s): Lagos Puvel's Illadposis

Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis rufipennis) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-breasted Thrush-Babbler

I. r. rufipennis -- Alternative English Name(s): Fernando Po Pale-breasted Illadopsis -- Alternative scientific name(s): I. r. pumilis, I. r. bocagei
I. r. bocagei
I. r. extrema
I. r. distans -- Alternative English Name(s): Usamaba Pale-breasted Illadopsis
I. r. puguenisis

Brown Illadopsis (Illadopsis fulvescens) -- Alternative English Name(s): Moloney's Illadopsis, Brown Thrush-Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): I. phoebi, I. moloneyanum

I. f. fulvescens -- Alternative scientific name(s): I. f. cerviniventris, I. f. reichenowi
I. f. ugandae -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Brown Illadopsis
I. f. dilutior
I. f. gularis -- Alternative English Name(s): Upper Guinea Brown Illadopsis
I. f. moloneyana -- Alternative English Name(s): Moloney's Illadopsis
I. f. iboensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Nigerian Moloney's Illadopsis -- Alternative scientific name(s): I. f. phoebi

Mountain Illadopsis (Illadopsis pyrrhoptera)

I. p. pyrrhopterua -- Alternative English Name(s): Mau Hill-Babbler Alternative scientific name(s): I. p. jacksoni, I. p. elgoensis, I. p. tanganyikae, I. p. kivuensis
I. p. kivuense
I. p. nyasae

African Hill-Babbler (Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ethiopian Hill-Babbler, Abyssinian Hill-Babbler, Stierling's Hill-Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. stierlingi

P. a. abyssinica -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. a. kilimensis, P. a. micra, P. a. chyulu
P. a. monacha -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Mountain Hill-Babbler
P. a. stierlingi -- Alternative English Name(s): Stierling's Hill-Babbler, Angola Hill Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. a. ansorgei
P. a. claudei -- Alternative English Name(s): Fernando Po Hill-Babbler
P. a. atriceps -- Alternative English Name(s): Rwenzori Hill-Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): Pseudoalcippe atriceps
P. a. stictigula

Grey-chested Illadopsis (Kakamega poliothorax) -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey-chested Alethe, Grey-chested Babbler

Spotted Thrush-Babbler (Ptyrticus turdinus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Thrush-Babbler

P. t. turdinus
P. t. harterti -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Thrush-Babbler
P. t. upembae

Fulvous Babbler (Turdoides fulvus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Fulvous Chatterer

T. f. acaciae -- Alternative English Name(s): Sudan Fulvous Chatterer
T. f. buchanani -- Alternative English Name(s): Asben Fulvous Chatterer
T. f. fulvus
T. f. maroccanus -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. f. billypayni

Scaly Chatterer (Turdoises aylmeri)

T. a. aylmeri
T. a. boranensis
T. a. keniana -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Scaly Chatterer, Ukamba Scaly Chatterer -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. a. loveridgei
T. a. loveridgei
T. a. mentalis -- Alternative English Name(s): Dodoma Sclay Chatterer

Rufous Chatterer (Turdoides rubiginosus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. saturata

T. r. rubiginosus
T. r. sharpii
T. r. heuglini -- Alternative English Name(s): Zanzibar Rufous Chatterer -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. r. saturata
T. r. emini -- Alternative English Name(s): Uniamwesi Rufous Chatterer
T. r. bowdleri
T. r. schnitzeri

Blackcap Babbler (Turdoides reinwardtii)

T. r. stictilaema -- Alternative English Name(s): Nigerian Blackcap Babbler
T. r. reinwadii -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. r. houyi

Dusky Babbler (Turdoides tenebrosus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Uele Dusky Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. m. tenebrosus, T. m. claudei

Black-faced Babbler (Turdoides melanops) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-lored Babbler

T. m. melanops
T. m. querulus
T. s. angolensis

Scaly Babbler (Turdoides squamulatus)

T. s. squamulata
T. s. carolinae
T. s. jubaensis
T. s.
T. s.

White-rumped Babbler (Turdoides leucopygius)

T. l. smithi -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali White-rumped Babbler
T. l. leucopygius
T. l. limbatus -- Alternative English Name(s): Shoa White-rumped Babbler
T. l. lacuum
T. l. omoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Omo White-rumped Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. l. clarkei

Hartlaub's Babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Babbler, White-rumped Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. leucopygius hartlaubi

T. h. hartlaubii -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola White-rumped Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. h. ater
T. h. griseosquamatus

Southern Pied Babbler (Turdoides bicolor) -- Alternative English Name(s): Pied Babbler

Sharpe's Pied Babbler (Turdoides sharpei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Black-faced Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. melanops sharpei

T. s. sharpei -- Alternative English Name(s): Tabora Black-faced Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. s. grisescens, T. s. clamosa
T. s. vepres
T. s. clamosus

Northern Pied Babbler (Turdoides hypoleucus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Pied Babbler

T. h. hypoleuca
T. h. rufuensis -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. h. kilosa

Hinde's Pied Babbler (Turdoides hindei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Hinde's Babbler

Brown Babbler (Turdoides plebejus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. cordofanicus

T. p. cinereus -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Brown Babbler, Adamawa Brown Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. p. cordofanicus, T. p. hypobrunneus, T. p. gularis, T. p. anomalus, T. p. elberti
T. p. plebejus
T. p. platycircus -- Alternative English Name(s): Gambia Brown Babbler, East Cameroon Brown Babbler, Togo Brown Babbler, Senegal Brown Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. p. uamensis, T. p. togoensis, T. p. permixta
T. p. uamensis

White-headed Babbler (Turdoides leucocephalus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Cretschmar's Babbler, Anseba White-headed Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. l. leucocephalus, T. l. abyssinicus

Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii) -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. reichenowi, T. carruthrsi

T. j. jardineii -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. j. natalensis, T. j. assimilis, T. j. affinis, T. j. convergens
T. j. tamalakanae
T. j. kirkii -- Alternative English Name(s): Zambesi Arrow-marked Babbler
T. j. emini -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Arrow-marked Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. j. kikuyuyensis, T. j. reichenowi
T. j. kikuyuyensis
T. j. tanganjicae -- Alternative English Name(s): Katanga Arrow-marked Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. j. carruthersi
T. j. hypostictus -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Arrow-marked Babbler

Bare-cheeked Babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys) -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. g. kaokoensis, T. g. tsumebensis

T. g. kaokoensis
T. g. tsumebensis

Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps) -- Alternative English Name(s): Brown Babbler

T. s. squamicpes
T. s. yemensis

Bush Blackcap (Lioptilus nigricapillus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Blackcap Mountain Babbler, Blackcap Babbler

White-throated Mountain Babbler (Kupeornis gilberti)

Red-collared Mountain Babbler (Kupeornis rufocinctus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-collared Babbler, Red-collared Blackcap, Red-collared Flycatcher

Chapin's Mountain Babbler (Kupeornis chapini) -- Alternative English Name(s): Chapin's Babbler, Chapin's Flycatcher Babbler

L. c. chapini
L. c. nyombensis
L. c. kalindei

Abyssinian Catbird (Parophasma galinieri) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ethiopian Catbird

Capuchin Babbler (Phyllanthus atripennis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. czarnikowi

P. a. atripennis
P. a. haynesi -- Alternative English Name(s): Gold Coast Capuchin Babbler
P. a. bohndorffi -- Alternative English Name(s): Uele Capuchin Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. a. czarnikowi
P. a. rubiginosus

Brown Parisoma (Parisoma lugens) -- Alternative English Name(s): Brown Warbler, Brown Tit-Babbler

P. l. lugens
P. l. griseiventris
P. l. jacksoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Brown Warbler
P. I. clara
P. l. prigoginei

Banded Parisoma (Parisoma boehmi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Banded Warbler, Banded Tit-Babbler

P. b. somalicum -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Banded Warbler
P. b. boehmi
P. b. marsabit

Layard's Tit-Babbler (Parisoma layardi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Layard's Warbler

P. l. layardi
P. l. aridicola
P. l. barnesi
P. l. subsolana

Chestnut-vented Warbler (Parisoma subcaeruleum) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rufous-vented Warbler, Tit-Babbler

P. s. subcaeruleum
P. s. cinerascens -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. s. ombriensis
P. s. ansorgei
P. s. orpheanum

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

S. a. atricapilla
S. a. dammholzi
S. a. paulucii
S. a. heineken
S. a. gularis

Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. hortensis, S. simplex

S. b. borin
S. b. woodwardi

Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Greater Whitethroat

S. c. communis -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. c. cinerea, S. c. jordonsi
S. c. volgensis
S. c. icterops -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Whitethroat
S. c. rubicola

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

S. c. curruca -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. c. blythi
S. c. blythi
S. c. caucasica

Hume's Whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)

Desert Warbler (Sylvia nana)

S. n. deserti
S. n. nana

Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria) -- Alternative English Name(s): European Barred Warbler

S. n. nisoria
S. n. merzbacheri

Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. orphea

S. h. hortensis
S. h. crassirostris -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Orphean Warbler

Red Sea Warbler (Sylvia leucomelaena) -- Alternative English Name(s): Arabian Warbler, Tit-Warbler

S. l. blanfordi -- Alternative English Name(s): Eritrean Red Sea Warbler
S. l. somaliensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Red Sea Warbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. l. norissae

Ruppell's Warbler (Sylvia rueppelli)

Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-capped Warbler

S. m. melanocephala
S. m. momus -- Alternative English Name(s): Bowman's Warbler
S. m. norrisae

Cyprus Warbler (Sylvia melanothorax)

Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans) -- Alternative scientific name(s): S.subalpina

S. c. cantillans
S. c. inornata
S. c. albistriata -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Subalpine Warbler

Menetries's Warbler (Sylvia mystacea) -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. melanocephala mystacea

S. m. mystacea
S. m. rubescens
S. m. turcmenica

Spectacled Warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)

S. c. conspicillata

Tristram's Warbler (Sylvia deserticola)

S. d. deserticola
S. d. maroccana
S. d. ticehursti

Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)

S. u. toni
S. u. undata

Marmora's Warbler (Sylvia sarda)

S. s. sarda
S. s. balearica