Calamonastes is a genus of birds in the family Cisticolidae. It contains African wren-warblers. Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum 7 p. 94, 133 ...
(from the article `wren-warbler`) ...their tails cocked up. The name also denotes certain birds of the family Maluridae that are found in Australia and New Zealand. Among the sylviid ...