| Wailing cisticola | |
|---|---|
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| In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
| Song recorded in Royal Natal National Park, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Cisticola |
| Species: | C. lais |
| Binomial name | |
| Cisticola lais | |
The wailing cisticola (Cisticola lais) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
Lynes's cisticola of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of this species.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola lais". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713383A94372687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713383A94372687.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Ryan, P.; Dean, R. (2017). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
External links
- Wailing cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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