Croaking Cisticola

Cisticola natalensis - Cisticole striée

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Cisticolidés
Genus
:
Cisticola
Species
:
natalensis

Descriptor

Smith, A, 1843

Biometrics

Size
: 17 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 12 à 29 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Croaking Cisticola (Cisticola natalensis) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

Cisticola natalensis natalensis (se Kenya, c, e Tanzania to e Zambia, Malawi and e South Africa)
Cisticola natalensis strangei (Senegal and Gambia to sw Sudan, Uganda, w, c Kenya and n Tanzania)
Cisticola natalensis inexpectatus (c Ethiopia)
Cisticola natalensis argenteus (s Ethiopia, n Kenya and s Somalia)
Cisticola natalensis tonga (c Sudan)
Cisticola natalensis katanga (ne Angola to sw Tanzania and n Malawi)
Cisticola natalensis huambo (w and c Angola)
Cisticola natalensis holubii (sw Zambia, ne Botswana and w Zimbabwe)

Foreign names

Cisticole striée,
Cistícola de Natal,
fuinha-do-natal,
Strichelzistensänger,
tüskés szuharbújó,
Natalgraszanger,
Cisticola gracidante,
buskcistikola,
Kvekkegressanger,
cistovník škriekavý,
cistovník tlustozobý,
Buskcisticola,
raakkujaherttu,
Groottinktinkie,
cistícola gralladora,
chwastówka kracząca,
Пёстрая цистикола,
エリフセッカ,
蛙声扇尾莺,
buskcistikola,
呱叫扇尾鶯,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest