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==Taxonomy== The genus was erected by the German naturalist [[Johann Jakob Kaup]] in 1829. The [[type species]], by [[Tautonym |tautonymy]], is ''Sylvia cisticola'' [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1820, now considered as a [[subspecies]] of ''Sylvia juncidis'' [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]] 1810, the [[zitting cisticola]].<ref>{{ cite book | last=Kaup | first=Johann Jakob | author-link=Johann Jakob Kaup | year=1829 | title=Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der europäischen Thierwelt | volume=c. 1 | language=German | place=Darmstadt | publisher=Carl Wilhelm Leske | page=119 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41576542 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Cottrell | editor2-first=G. William | year=1986 | title=Check-list of Birds of the World | volume=11 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=84 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483785 }}</ref> The name ''Cisticola'' is from [[Ancient Greek]] ''kisthos'', "[[Cistaceae|rock-rose]]", and [[Latin]] ''colere'', "to dwell".<ref name=job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher= Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n109 109]}}</ref>
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