Banded parisoma
Species of bird
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The banded parisoma[2] (Curruca boehmi), banded tit warbler or banded warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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| Banded parisoma | |
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| Near Lake Manyara, Tanzania | |
| Song recorded in southwestern Kenya | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sylviidae |
| Genus: | Curruca |
| Species: | C. boehmi |
| Binomial name | |
| Curruca boehmi (Reichenow, 1882) | |
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Measuring 4.75 in (12.1 cm)[2] in length, this bird is identified as gray on top, white below, with a dark chest band. The bird has variable spotting on the throat, white patches on his wing and outer tail, and buff coloring on the belly and undertail.[3]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognised:[4]
- C. b. somalica (Friedmann, 1928) – Ethiopia, northwest Somalia and northeast Kenya
- C. b. marsabit (Van Someren, 1931) – central north Kenya
- C. b. boehmi (Reichenow, 1882) – south Kenya and Tanzania
