Pale-crowned cisticola
| Pale-crowned cisticola | |
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| Pale-crowned cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus), Midmar Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Cisticola |
| Species: | C.cinnamomeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cisticola cinnamomeus Reichenow, 1904 | |
The pale-crowned cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Gabon, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are damp or marshy areas in upland grassland.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Sinclair & Ryan 2003, p. 510
- ↑ Stevenson & Fanshawe 2002, p. 382
Works cited
- BirdLife International 2004. Monticola rufocinereus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- Sinclair, Ian & Ryan, Peter (2003) Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, Struik, Cape Town.
- Stevenson, Terry & Fanshaw, John (2002) A Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa
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