Russet-capped Tesia
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The Russet-Capped Tesia (Tesia everetti) is a species of Old World warbler
in the Cettiidae
family. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett
.
Old World warbler
The "Old World Warblers" is the name used to describe a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the source of much taxonomic confusion. Two families were split out initially, the cisticolas into...
in the Cettiidae
Cettiidae
Cettiidae is a newly validated family of small insectivorous songbirds , formerly placed in the Old World warbler "wastebin" assemblage. It contains the typical bush-warblers and their relatives. As common name, cettiid warblers is usually used.Its members occur mainly in Asia and Africa, ranging...
family. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett
Alfred Hart Everett
Alfred Hart Everett was a British civil servant and administrator in Borneo as well as being a naturalist and natural history collector.-Career:...
.