Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris) - HBW 11, p. 450
French: Cisticole d’Éthiopie
German: Rüppellzistensänger
Spanish: Cistícola Lúgubre
Taxonomy: Sylvia(Cisticola) lugubris Rüppell, 1840, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Forms a superspecies with C. galactotes, C. luapula, C. marginatus and C. haematocephala; all often treated as conspecific, but separated on basis of vocal and plumage differences; further research, using genetic markers, is required. Monotypic.
Distribution: Highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding in a bush. Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 6 years ago 33 sec 3.7 -
A bird moving close to the ground. Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 3.5 -
A bird feeding in short grass Locality Debre Libanos, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 6 April 2002 4 years ago 22 sec 3.3
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a bird in a bush
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 12 November 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
An Ethiopian Cisticola, perched in a bush in an Addis Ababa garden, singing.
Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Frank Sandvoss 5 February 2012 13 weeks ago 3.4 -
Perched in bush
Locality Adi Keyh, Southern Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 28 September 2008 1 year ago 3 -
A bird on a bush near Addis Abeba.
Locality Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 22 November 2008 3 years ago 3 -
A bird perched.
Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp lugubris)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2005 1 year ago 2.7 -
A bird in reeds
Locality Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 14 December 2008 3 years ago 2.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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