Socotra Warbler

Socotra Warbler
Socotra Warbler
Socotra Warbler below, with the Socotra Sunbird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Incana
Lynes, 1930
Species: I. incana
Binomial name
Incana incana
(Sclater and Hartlaub, 1881)
Socotra Warblers by their nest, drawn by Pierre Jacques Smit

The Socotra Warbler (Incana incana) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Incana.[citation needed] It is endemic to Socotra.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Incana incana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/150523. 

Further reading

  • 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.


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