Banded Parisoma - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Banded Warbler

Subspecies somalicum
Photo by volker sthamer
Yabello, Ethiopia, March 2012

Curruca boehmi

Sylvia boehmi

Identification

12 cm

• Large head
• Long tail

Distribution

Eastern Africa: Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania.

Photo by Valéry Schollaert
d'Arusha, Tanzania, September 2010

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species^[1] consisting of 3 subspecies.
Formerly placed in the genus Parisoma.

Subspecies

• C. b. somalica:

• Ethiopia and Somalia

• C. b. marsabit:

• Northcentral Kenya

• C. b. boehmi:

• Southern Kenya and Tanzania

Habitat

Photo by megan perkins
Magadi Road, Kenya, December 2006

Dry savanna and woods.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects, berries and seeds.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Banded Parisoma. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Banded_Parisoma

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