Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus) - HBW 11, p. 455
French: Cisticole à ailes courtes
German: Kurzflügel-Zistensänger
Spanish: Cistícola Alicorto
Other common names: Siffling Cisticola
Taxonomy: Drymoeca brachyptera Sharpe, 1870, River Volta, Ghana.
May be closely allied to the superspecies formed by C. rufus and C. troglodytes, but overlaps in geographical range with both these species. Proposed race tenebricosus (S Mozambique) synonymized with isabellinus. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brachypterus (Sharpe, 1870) - Senegal E to W Sudan, S to N Angola (Cabinda) and N DRCongo.
- hypoxanthus Hartlaub, 1881 - NE DRCongo, S Sudan and N Uganda.
- zedlitzi Reichenow, 1909 - Eritrea and Ethiopian Highlands.
- brachypterus (Sharpe, 1870) - Senegal E to W Sudan, S to N Angola (Cabinda) and N DRCongo.
- hypoxanthus Hartlaub, 1881 - NE DRCongo, S Sudan and N Uganda.
- zedlitzi Reichenow, 1909 - Eritrea and Ethiopian Highlands.
- katonae Madarász, 1904 - C Kenya and N Tanzania.
- kericho Lynes, 1930 - SW Kenya.
- reichenowi Mearns, 1911 - S Somalia, coastal Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- ankole Lynes, 1930 - E DRCongo and S Uganda S to NW Tanzania.
- isabellinus Reichenow, 1907 - C Tanzania and S & E Zambia S to Mozambique.
- loanda Lynes, 1930 - Angola, S DRCongo and N Zambia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a wire Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp ankole)
Josep del Hoyo 1 September 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 2.6 -
A bird in a leafless tree and flying away Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp ankole)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 17 sec 2.5
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On bush
Locality Bare, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 29 November 2010 1 year ago 3.2 -
An adult bird in tall grass.
Locality Makasutu Nature Forest, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp brachypterus)
Steve Garvie 6 December 2009 1 year ago 3
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