Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Абисинско коприварче |
| Catalan | tallarol d'Abissínia |
| Croatian | smeđokrila grmuša |
| Danish | Afrikansk Skovmunk/Sorthovedet Skovmunk |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse grijskop |
| English | African Hill Babbler |
| English (AVI) | African Hill Babbler |
| English (United States) | African Hill Babbler |
| Estonian | hallpea-põõsalind |
| Finnish | ylänkökerttu |
| French | Fauvette d'Abyssinie |
| French (Canada) | Fauvette d'Abyssinie |
| German | Hochland-Grasmücke |
| Japanese | アビシニアムジチメドリ |
| Norwegian | gråhodetimalsanger |
| Polish | wyżynniak szary |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Felosa-das-montanhas |
| Russian | Африканская славка-монашка |
| Serbian | Afrička brdska grmuša |
| Slovak | penica sivohlavá |
| Spanish | Curruca Abisinia |
| Spanish (Spain) | Curruca abisinia |
| Swedish | bergnunnesångare |
| Turkish | Habeş Dağ Ötleğeni |
| Ukrainian | Пеніка абісинська |
Sylvia abyssinica (Rüppell, 1840)
PROTONYM:
Drymophila abyssinica
Rüppell, 1840. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Vögel, p.108 pl.40 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Simen Mountains, Begemdir Province, northern Ethiopia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- SYLVIA
- sylvia
- abyssinaica / abyssinica / abyssinicus / abyssinus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica Scientific name definitions
Nigel Collar and Craig Robson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2007
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2007
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
Authors
Nigel Collar and Craig Robson
Recommended Citation
Collar, N. and C. Robson (2020). African Hill Babbler (Sylvia abyssinica), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.afhbab1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 1, 2007
- African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica
Authors
Nigel Collar and Craig Robson
Recommended Citation
Collar, N. and C. Robson (2007). African Hill-babbler (Sylvia abyssinica). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
