Wailing Cisticola

Wailing Cisticola
In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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 Cisticolidae family. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

The northern subspecies C. l. distinctus of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania is sometimes regarded as a separate species, Lynes's Cisticola.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Cisticola lais. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

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