Tinkling cisticola

For a bird alternatively named tinkling cisticola, Cisticola tinniens, see Levaillant's cisticola.
Tinkling cisticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species: C. rufilatus
Binomial name
Cisticola rufilatus
(Hartlaub, 1870)

The tinkling cisticola or grey cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savannah.

Note that the name tinkling cisticola is also used as an alternative name for Levaillant's cisticola (Cisticola tinniens).

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