Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)

Black-lored Cisticola (Cisticola nigriloris) - HBW 11, p. 444

French: Cisticole masquée German: Schwarzbrauen-Zistensänger Spanish: Cistícola Enmascarado
Other common names: Mountain Cisticola

Taxonomy: Cisticola nigriloris Shelley, 1897, Kombe, Misuku Mountains, north Malawi.
Forms a superspecies with C. chubbi and C. hunteri, and apparently also with undescribed “Kilombero Cisticola” from SE Tanzania (see page 382). Monotypic.

Distribution: Highlands of S Tanzania, extreme NE Zambia and N Malawi.