Singing Cisticola

Cisticola cantans - Cisticole chanteuse

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Heuglin, 1869

Biometrics

Size
: 14 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 11 à 17 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.

Subspecific information 7 subspecies

Cisticola cantans cantans (Eritrea and Ethiopia)
Cisticola cantans swanzii (Senegal and Gambia to s Nigeria)
Cisticola cantans concolor (n Nigeria to Sudan)
Cisticola cantans adamauae (Cameroon, Congo and nw DRCongo)
Cisticola cantans belli (Central African Republic, n and e DRCongo, Uganda, and nw Tanzania)
Cisticola cantans pictipennis (Kenya and n Tanzania)
Cisticola cantans muenzneri (s Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Mozambique)

Foreign names

Cisticole chanteuse,
Cistícola cantor,
fuinha-cantora,
Rostflügel-Zistensänger,
barnásfehér szuharbújó,
Witbrauwgraszanger,
Cisticola canora,
vitbrynad cistikola,
Kantorgressanger,
cistovník spevavý,
cistovník zpěvavý,
Sangcisticola,
kyläherttu,
Singende Tinktinkie,
cistícola cantaire,
chwastówka rdzawogłowa,
Белобровая цистикола,
ウタイセッカ,
歌扇尾莺,
vitbrynad cistikola,
鳴唱扇尾鶯,

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens