Desert Cisticola (Cisticola aridulus) - HBW 11, p. 459

French: Cisticole du désert German: Kalaharizistensänger Spanish: Cistícola del Kalahari

Taxonomy: Cisticola aridula Witherby, 1900, Gerazi, White Nile, 60 miles [96 km] south of Khartoum, Sudan.
Nine subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

aridulus Witherby, 1900 - Sahel from S Mauritania and Senegal E to Sudan.
lavendulae Ogilvie-Grant & Reid, 1901 - Eritrea, Ethiopia, NW Somalia and N Kenya.
tanganyika Lynes, 1930 - C & S Kenya and Tanzania.

See all 9 subspecies

aridulus Witherby, 1900 - Sahel from S Mauritania and Senegal E to Sudan.
lavendulae Ogilvie-Grant & Reid, 1901 - Eritrea, Ethiopia, NW Somalia and N Kenya.
tanganyika Lynes, 1930 - C & S Kenya and Tanzania.
perplexus C. M. N. White, 1947 - NE Zambia (Bangweulu swamps).
lobito Lynes, 1930 - W Angola.
traylori Benson & Irwin, 1966 - E Angola and W Zambia.
eremicus Clancey, 1984 - S Angola, WC & S Zambia, N Namibia, N Botswana and Zimbabwe.
kalahari Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 - C Namibia, S Botswana and South African plateau.
caliginus Clancey, 1955 - E South Africa (lowveld and KwaZulu-Natal) and Swaziland.