Biology:Lazy cisticola

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Short description: Species of bird

Lazy cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola (Cisticola aberrans minor).jpg
Cisticola aberrans minor, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. aberrans
Binomial name
Cisticola aberrans
(Smith, A, 1843)

The lazy cisticola (Cisticola aberrans) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa , Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is usually associated with rocky wooded terrain with interspersed patchy grass tussocks. Usually at the foot of hills or in adjacent riparian vegetation.

It is sometimes split into two species: lazy cisticola (C. aberrans) in the southern part of its range and rock-loving cisticola (C. emini) further north.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1305572 entry