Biology:Wailing cisticola
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Short description: Species of bird
| Wailing cisticola | |
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| In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
| File:Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais) (W1CDR0001145 BD25).ogg | |
| Song recorded in Royal Natal National Park, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Cisticola |
| Species: | C. lais
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| Binomial name | |
| Cisticola lais (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870)
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
- Wailing cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Wikidata ☰ Q2225735 entry
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