Lepe Cisticola (Cisticola lepe)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lynes, 1930

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland, lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the].

Western and northern Angola, possibly extending eastern into south-eastern DRCongo.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops) and Lepe Cisticola (Cisticola lepe) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Cisticola erythrops following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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