- Wailing Cisticola
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Wailing Cisticola In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Conservation status 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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