Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Neddicky (Cisticola fulvicapilla) - HBW 11, p. 456
French: Cisticole à couronne rousse
German: Braunkopf-Zistensänger
Spanish: Cistícola Coronirrufo
Other common names: Piping Cisticola
Taxonomy: Sylvia fulvicapilla Vieillot, 1817, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with C. angusticauda; often treated as conspecific, and some evidence of hybrids in E & C Zambia, but the two differ in wing formula, and they occur in different habitats and have subtly different songs in area of overlap in W Zambia. Both may be closely allied to C. rufus and C. troglodytes. Geographical variation largely clinal, but S populations are slate-grey below, whereas those farther N are creamy white or buffy. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- dispar Sousa, 1887 - SE Gabon, S PRCongo, extreme SW DRCongo, C Angola and NW Zambia.
- muelleri Alexander, 1899 - C& E Zambia, Malawi, S Tanzania, Mozambique (S to R Save) and NE Zimbabwe.
- hallae Benson, 1955 - S Angola, SW Zambia, NE Namibia, N Botswana and W Zimbabwe.
- dispar Sousa, 1887 - SE Gabon, S PRCongo, extreme SW DRCongo, C Angola and NW Zambia.
- muelleri Alexander, 1899 - C& E Zambia, Malawi, S Tanzania, Mozambique (S to R Save) and NE Zimbabwe.
- hallae Benson, 1955 - S Angola, SW Zambia, NE Namibia, N Botswana and W Zimbabwe.
- dexter Clancey, 1971 - C Zimbabwe, SE Botswana and savanna areas of NE South Africa.
- ruficapilla (A. Smith, 1842) - grassland areas on South African plateau.
- lebombo Roberts, 1936 - S Mozambique, E South African lowveld and E Swaziland.
- fulvicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) - E South Africa (interior of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape) and Lesotho.
- dumicola Clancey, 1983 - E& C coast of South Africa from N KwaZulu-Natal S to George.
- silberbauer (Roberts, 1919) - winter-rainfall area of SW South Africa (E to George).
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On a branch
Locality Rooi–Els, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 25 November 2012 22 weeks ago 3.8 -
Feeding in the grass.
Locality Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 17 August 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird singing from a seaside perch
Locality Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Chris and Megan Perkins 10 March 2009 4 years ago 3.3 -
On the top of a bush.
Locality Verlorenvlei, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 21 November 2012 22 weeks ago 3.3 -
An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Sir Lowry's Pass, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp silberbauer)
Carmelo López 26 November 2010 2 years ago 2.5
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Calling from the top of a bush. 10:41am. Locality Bathurst, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
(ssp fulvicapilla)
Charles Hesse 9 September 2010 2 years ago 4
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