Wing-snapping Cisticola

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Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Cisticolidés

  • Genus
    :

    Cisticola

  • Species
    :

    ayresii

Descriptor

Hartlaub, 1863

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 9 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 6 à 11 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

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adult

Wing-snapping Cisticola (Cisticola ayresii) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Cisticola ayresii ayresii (Angola to s Tanzania and south to e South Africa)
  • Cisticola ayresii gabun (Gabon, Congo and w DRCongo)
  • Cisticola ayresii imatong (s Sudan, ?n Uganda)
  • Cisticola ayresii entebbe (ne DRCongo to w Kenya and nw Tanzania)
  • Cisticola ayresii itombwensis (e DRCongo)
  • Cisticola ayresii mauensis (c Kenya)

Foreign names

  • Cisticole gratte-nuage,
  • Cistícola de Ayres,
  • fuinha-estalidante,
  • Zwergzistensänger,
  • törpe szuharbújó,
  • Dwerggraszanger,
  • Cisticola schioccante,
  • knäppcistikola,
  • Smellegressanger,
  • cistovník plieskavý,
  • cistovník krátkoocasý,
  • Vingesmældscisticola,
  • päristäjäherttu,
  • Kleinste Klopkloppie,
  • cistícola d'Ayres,
  • chwastówka klaskająca,
  • Карликовая цистикола,
  • タンビセッカ,
  • 艾氏扇尾莺,
  • knäppcistikola,
  • 振翅扇尾鶯,

Voice song and call

Habitat

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Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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