Biology:Wailing cisticola

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Wailing cisticola
Cisticola lais -Cedara, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa-8.jpg
In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Song recorded in Royal Natal National Park, South Africa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. lais
Binomial name
Cisticola lais
(Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870)

The wailing cisticola (Cisticola lais) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa , Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

Lynes's cisticola of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of this species.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola lais". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22713383A94372687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713383A94372687.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22713383/94372687. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Ryan, P.; Dean, R. (2017). "Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. http://www.hbw.com/node/58619. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2225735 entry