Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Wing-snapping Cisticola (Cisticola ayresii) - HBW 11, p. 464
French: Cisticole gratte-nuage
German: Zwergzistensänger
Spanish: Cistícola de Ayres
Other common names: Ayres’s (Cloud) Cisticola
Taxonomy: Cisticola ayresii Hartlaub, 1863, Natal, South Africa.
Taxonomic status of race gabun subject to some confusion; recent observations of singing birds indicate that it may instead be a form of C. brunnescens; further study required. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gabun Lynes, 1931 - W Gabon, E PRCongo and extreme W DRCongo.
- imatong Cave, 1938 - extreme S Sudan and NE Uganda.
- entebbe Lynes, 1930 - NE DRCongo, Uganda, W Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and NW Tanzania.
- gabun Lynes, 1931 - W Gabon, E PRCongo and extreme W DRCongo.
- imatong Cave, 1938 - extreme S Sudan and NE Uganda.
- entebbe Lynes, 1930 - NE DRCongo, Uganda, W Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and NW Tanzania.
- itombwensis Prigogine, 1957 - E DRCongo.
- mauensis van Someren, 1922 - highlands of Kenya and adjacent N Tanzania.
- ayresii Hartlaub, 1863 - Angola, S DRCongo, extreme NW & NE Zambia, S Tanzania, N Malawi, Zimbabwe, E South Africa and Lesotho.
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Calls in flight on grassland near Kaapsehoop. 5:21am. Locality Kaapsehoop, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(ssp ayresii)
Charles Hesse 1 January 2010 2 years ago 4
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