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Burnt-neck Eremomela

Eremomela usticollis Sundevall, 1850

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

The burnt-necked eremomela (Eremomela usticollis) is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savannah, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Wikipedia contributors, Burnt-necked eremomela; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:43:21.007189+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eremomela usticollis Sundevall, 1850
Name authority
Sundevall, 1850
Common name
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
Genus
Eremomela
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyCisticolidae Sundevall, 1872
  11. genusEremomela Sundevall, 1850
  12. speciesEremomela usticollis Sundevall, 1850

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eremomela. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis (Lafresnaye, 1839)CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Salvadori's EremomelaEremomela salvadorii Reichenow, 1891CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla Hartlaub, 1857CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Karoo EremomelaEremomela gregalis (A. Smith, 1829)CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops Sundevall, 1850CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-necked EremomelaEremomela atricollis Bocage, 1894CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 120 records assigned to Cisticolidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=559951 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6GG7M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.