Bathmocercus Explained

Bathmocercus is a genus of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It contains the following species:

• Black-headed rufous warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris)
• Black-faced rufous warbler (Bathmocercus rufus)

Species from the genus Scepomycter are sometimes placed in this genus though several marked morphological differences are used to justify its separation.

References

• Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
• Nguembock B.; Fjeldsa J.; Tillier A.; Pasquet E. (2007): A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 272–286.