Rattling Cisticola

Cisticola chiniana - Cisticole grinçante

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Smith, A, 1843

Biometrics

Size
: 15 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 10 à 21 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.

Subspecific information 17 subspecies

Cisticola chiniana chiniana (se Botswana and Zimbabwe to sc Mozambique and c South Africa)
Cisticola chiniana simplex (s Sudan, ne DRCongo and n Uganda)
Cisticola chiniana fricki (s Ethiopia and n Kenya)
Cisticola chiniana fortis (Gabon to c Angola, s DRCongo and Zambia)
Cisticola chiniana humilis (e Uganda and w Kenya)
Cisticola chiniana fischeri (nc Tanzania)
Cisticola chiniana ukamba (c Kenya and n Tanzania)
Cisticola chiniana victoria (sw Kenya and n Tanzania)
Cisticola chiniana heterophrys (coastal Kenya and Tanzania)
Cisticola chiniana keithi (sc Tanzania)
Cisticola chiniana mbeya (s Tanzania)
Cisticola chiniana emendatus (Malawi, se Tanzania and n Mozambique)
Cisticola chiniana procerus (e Zambia, s Malawi and c Mozambique)
Cisticola chiniana frater (c Namibia)
Cisticola chiniana bensoni (s Zambia)
Cisticola chiniana smithersi (s Angola and n Namibia to w Zimbabwe)
Cisticola chiniana campestris (se Mozambique and e South Africa)

Foreign names

Cisticole grinçante,
Cistícola cascabel,
fuinha-chocalheira,
Rotscheitel-Zistensänger,
vöröskoronás szuharbújó,
Ratelgraszanger,
Cisticola raganella,
akaciacistikola,
Torngressanger,
cistovník hnedotemenný,
cistovník pokřovní,
Akaciecisticola,
akasiaherttu,
Bosveldtinktinkie,
cistícola grinyolant,
chwastówka rechocząca,
Рыжеплечая цистикола,
アフリカセッカ,
巧扇尾莺,
輕捷扇尾鶯,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens