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Banded Parisoma
Curruca boehmi (Reichenow, 1882)
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.
Banded Warbler - Lake Manyara - Tanzania_7999
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Open encyclopedia reference
The banded parisoma (Curruca boehmi), banded tit warbler or banded warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Measuring 4.75 in (12.1 cm) in length, this bird is identified as gray on top, white below, with a dark chest band. The bird has variable spotting on the throat, white patches on his wing and outer tail, and buff coloring on the belly and undertail.
Wikipedia contributors, Banded parisoma; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:38:44.678667+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Curruca boehmi (Reichenow, 1882)
- Name authority
- (Reichenow, 1882)
- Common name
- Banded Parisoma
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Genus
- Curruca
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familySylviidae Leach, 1820
- genusCurruca Bechstein, 1802
- speciesCurruca boehmi (Reichenow, 1882)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Curruca. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria (Bechstein, 1792) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea (Vieillot, 1817) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca (Linnaeus, 1758) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown ParisomaCurruca lugens (Rüppell, 1840) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yemen WarblerCurruca buryi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1913) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nana Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tristram's WarblerCurruca deserticola (Tristram, 1859) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea (Ménétriés, 1832) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina (Temminck, 1820) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae (Svensson, 2013) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common WhitethroatCurruca communis (Latham, 1787) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Sylvia boehmi (Reichenow, 1882) (Reichenow, 1882) | synonym |
| Parisoma boehmi Reichenow, 1882 Reichenow, 1882 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1257329 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.
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:DDBM4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.