Short-winged Cisticola

Cisticola brachypterus - Cisticole à ailes courtes

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Sharpe, 1870

Biometrics

Size
: 11 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 6 à 11 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.

Subspecific information 9 subspecies

Cisticola brachypterus brachypterus (Senegal and Gambia to w Sudan, n DRCongo and n Angola)
Cisticola brachypterus hypoxanthus (ne DRCongo, s Sudan and n Uganda)
Cisticola brachypterus zedlitzi (Eritrea and Ethiopia)
Cisticola brachypterus reichenowi (s Somalia to ne Tanzania)
Cisticola brachypterus ankole (e DRCongo and s Uganda to nw Tanzania)
Cisticola brachypterus kericho (sw Kenya)
Cisticola brachypterus katonae (c Kenya to n Tanzania)
Cisticola brachypterus loanda (c Angola to s DRCongo and w Zambia)
Cisticola brachypterus isabellinus (e Zambia and s Tanzania to Mozambique)

Foreign names

Cisticole à ailes courtes,
Cistícola alicorto,
fuinha-de-asa-curta,
Kurzflügel-Zistensänger,
rövidszárnyú szuharbújó,
Kortvleugelgraszanger,
Cisticola alicorte,
kortvingad cistikola,
Vislegressanger,
cistovník krátkokrídly,
cistovník drobný,
Kortvinget Cisticola,
latvusherttu,
Kortvlerktinktinkie,
cistícola alacurta,
chwastówka sawannowa,
Короткокрылая цистикола,
クチブエセッカ,
短翅扇尾莺,
短翅扇尾鶯,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land