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Chanco, Ethiopia, April 2009
Cisticola lugubris

Identification

12-14 cm, male > female
Mostly brownish grey with black stripes on mantle and back (but not rump which is plain), rufous wing panel, black subterminal band on graduated tail, and brownish head and crown.

Distribution

Africa: found in Ethiopia and Eritrea

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Rufous-winged Cisticola, Coastal Cisticola, Ethiopian Cisticola, and Luapula Cisticola have all been treated as subspecies of Winding Cisticola in the past.

Habitat

Highlands (1500-2600 m asl): ranges from edges of marshes to montane heath and bracken

Behaviour

Mainly feeds on insects

Vocalisation

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References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Ryan, P. (2020). Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/58623 on 9 March 2020).
  3. Ebird.org

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