Pectoral-patch Cisticola

Cisticola brunnescens - Cisticole brune

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Heuglin, 1862

Biometrics

Size
: 10 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 8 à 10 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pectoral-patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Cisticola brunnescens brunnescens (Ethiopia and nw Somalia, ?n Kenya)
Cisticola brunnescens mbangensis (nc Cameroon)
Cisticola brunnescens lynesi (w Cameroon)
Cisticola brunnescens wambera (nw Ethiopia)
Cisticola brunnescens nakuruensis (Kenya and n Tanzania west of the Rift Valley)
Cisticola brunnescens hindii (Kenya and n Tanzania east of the Rift Valley)

Foreign names

Cisticole brune,
Cistícola pectoral,
fuinha-peitoral,
Blasskopf-Zistensänger,
fakófejű szuharbújó,
Borstvlekgraszanger,
Cisticola pettorale,
brun cistikola,
Brungressanger,
cistovník bledý,
cistovník skvrnoprsý,
Brun Cisticola,
nummiherttu,
cistícola bruna,
chwastówka bladogłowa,
Бледноголовая цистикола,
チビオセッカ,
淡顶扇尾莺,
brun cistikola,
淡頂扇尾鶯,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude