Calamonastes

Calamonastes
Calamonastes simplex
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Calamonastes Sharpe, 1883
Type species
Drymoica fasciolata[1] A. Smith, 1847

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

Image	Common Name	Scientific Name	Distribution
	Barred wren-warbler	Calamonastes fasciolatus	Namibia, Botswana, western Angola, northern South Africa and southwestern Zimbabwe.
	Grey wren-warbler	Calamonastes simplex	Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
	Stierling's wren-warbler	Calamonastes stierlingi	southern Africa.
	Miombo wren-warbler	Calamonastes undosus	southern Africa.

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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.

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