Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Foxy Cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes) - HBW 11, p. 456
French: Cisticole russule
German: Fuchszistensänger
Spanish: Cistícola Zorruno
Taxonomy: Drymoica? troglodytes Antinori, 1864, Djur, Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan.
Forms a superspecies with C. rufus, and may have affinities with C. fulvicapilla and C. angusticauda. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- troglodytes (Antinori, 1864) - S Chad and Central African Republic E to S Sudan and extreme W Kenya.
- ferrugineus Heuglin, 1864 - E Sudan and W Ethiopia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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adult perched
Locality Butiaba Escarpment, Uganda (ssp troglodytes)
Nik Borrow 14 July 2008 3 years ago 4 -
Foraging close to the ground in rocky grassland.
Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (ssp ferrugineus)
David Beadle 7 February 2009 17 weeks ago 3.8
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