Bathmocercus

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)

Bathmocercus
Black-headed rufous warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Bathmocercus Reichenow, 1895
Type species
Bathmocercus rufus[1] Reichenow, 1895

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

References

1. "Cisticolidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.

Further reading

• 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 ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4
• 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.