Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans) - HBW 11, p. 441
French: Cisticole chanteuse
German: Weißbrauen-Zistensänger
Spanish: Cistícola Cantor
Taxonomy: Drymoeca cantans Heuglin, 1869, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Sometimes placed in a superspecies with C. erythrops, but ranges overlap considerably. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- swanzii (Sharpe, 1870) - Senegal E to S Nigeria.
- concolor (Heuglin, 1869) - N Nigeria E to Sudan.
- adamauae Reichenow, 1910 - Cameroon and SW DRCongo.
- swanzii (Sharpe, 1870) - Senegal E to S Nigeria.
- concolor (Heuglin, 1869) - N Nigeria E to Sudan.
- adamauae Reichenow, 1910 - Cameroon and SW DRCongo.
- belli Ogilvie-Grant, 1908 - Central African Republic, N DRCongo, Uganda and NW Tanzania.
- cantans (Heuglin, 1869) - highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- pictipennis Madarász, 1904 - Kenya and N Tanzania.
- muenzneri Reichenow, 1916 - C Tanzania, E Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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in the open Locality Tujering, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp swanzii)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 December 2011 19 weeks ago 15 sec 3.7 -
A bird in a bush, singing and flying away Locality Butiaba Escarpment, Uganda (ssp cantans)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2006 5 years ago 13 sec 3.7
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Singing loudly in lower bush
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp swanzii)
Photo-ay 21 February 2009 2 years ago 3 -
singing
Locality Lokpoho, Ferké (Ferkessédougou), Savanes Region, Ivory Coast
erikat 9 June 1993 2 years ago 2
- No sound recordings available yet
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