Camaroptera
Genus of birds
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Camaroptera is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae that are found in sub-Saharan Africa.
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| Camaroptera | |
|---|---|
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| Grey-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Camaroptera Sundevall, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Camaroptera olivacea[1] Sundevall, 1850 | |
The genus was erected by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1850. The type species is the green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura).[2][3] The genus name Camaroptera comes from Ancient Greek καμαρα (kamara), meaning "arch", and πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing".[4]
Species
The genus contains the following five species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Green-backed camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania |
.jpg) | Grey-backed camaroptera | Camaroptera brevicaudata | Africa south of the Sahara Desert. |
 | Hartert's camaroptera | Camaroptera harterti | Angola. |
.jpg) | Yellow-browed camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. |
 | Olive-green camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. |
Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the green-backed and the grey-backed camaroptera are closely related,[6][7][8] and some taxonomists treat them as conspecific.[9]
