Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Grey-backed Cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla) - HBW 11, p. 448
French: Cisticole à dos gris
German: Bergzistensänger
Spanish: Cistícola Dorsigrís
Other common names: Red-headed Cisticola
Taxonomy: Drymoica subruficapilla A. Smith, 1843, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Angolan and N Namibian population is disjunct from the main population of S Namibia and South Africa; may represent a separate species. Proposed race euroa (from Free State, in South Africa) synonymized with jamesi. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- newtoni Pinto, 1967 - extreme SW Angola (Namibe) and NW Namibia.
- windhoekensis (Roberts, 1937) - NC Namibia.
- karasensis (Roberts, 1937) - S Namibia S to South Africa (interior of Northern Cape).
- newtoni Pinto, 1967 - extreme SW Angola (Namibe) and NW Namibia.
- windhoekensis (Roberts, 1937) - NC Namibia.
- karasensis (Roberts, 1937) - S Namibia S to South Africa (interior of Northern Cape).
- namaqua Lynes, 1930 - Succulent Karoo region of Northern Cape, in South Africa.
- subruficapilla (A. Smith, 1843) - Western Cape (South Africa).
- jamesi Lynes, 1930 - Eastern Cape (South Africa).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird looking around on a fence Locality Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp subruficapilla)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2003 4 years ago 17 sec 3.9
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Adult perched in coastal fynbos.
Locality Rooi–Els, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp subruficapilla)
Martin Flack 18 October 2011 25 weeks ago 4 -
Very common cisticola.
Locality Rooi–Els, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp subruficapilla)
Ethan Kistler 21 November 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Adult Bird perched in shrub
Locality Kagga Kamma Private Game Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp subruficapilla )
Loutjie Steenberg 20 November 2010 1 year ago 2.9
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