Bird watching in Africa - Singing Cisticola, Cisticola cantans

Length: 14 cm
Wingspan:
Weight: 11 - 17 g
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature •
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The Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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Length: 14 cm

Wingspan:

Weight: 11 - 17 g

Longevity:

Distinctive Feature

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Similar Species

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From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Female / Male

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From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Listen to the Singing Cisticola

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Scolding calls of two birds, given after song heard. Song featured in XC474466. Variable Sunbird erratically calling from 0:24.

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Burst of song from bird not seen on slope below track.

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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