| Eremomela | |
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| Black-necked eremomela (Eremomela atricollis) inSakania, DR Congo | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Eremomela Sundevall, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Sylvia flaviventris[1] Burchell, 1822 | |
Theeremomelas are agenus,Eremomela, of passerines in the cisticola familyCisticolidae. The genus was previously placed with the largerOld World warbler familySylviidae prior to that genus being broken up into several families. The genus contains eleven species, all of which are found in sub-SaharanAfrica. They occupy a range of habitats, from arid scrub to lowland tropical forest. They are intermediate in appearance betweencrombecs andapalis, and measure between 8.5 to 12 cm (3.3–4.7 in) in length. The sexes are alike in size andplumage.[2]
The genus was erected by the Swedish zoologistCarl Jakob Sundevall in 1850. Thetype species is theyellow-bellied eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis).[3][4] The wordEremomela comes from theAncient Greekerēmos for "desert" andmelos for "song" or "melody".[5]
The genus contains 10species:[6]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific Name | Distribution |
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.jpg) | Yellow-bellied eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | Africa south of the Sahara |
| Yellow-vented eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis | Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. | |
_-_Gambia.jpg) | Senegal eremomela | Eremomela pusilla | southern Mauritania and Senegal to north western Cameroon, south-western Chad and far north-western Central African Republic |
| Green-backed eremomela | Eremomela canescens | Kenya and Ethiopia to Cameroon. | |
 | Green-capped eremomela | Eremomela scotops | Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe |
 | Karoo eremomela | Eremomela gregalis | Namibia and South Africa. |
.jpg) | Burnt-necked eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. |
 | Rufous-crowned eremomela | Eremomela badiceps | African tropical rainforest. |
| Turner's eremomela | Eremomela turneri | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Uganda. | |
| Black-necked eremomela | Eremomela atricollis | Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia. |
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