Hunter's Cisticola (Cisticola hunteri)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Shelley, 1889

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, high altitude shrubland. From 1,600 - 4,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Highlands of eastern Uganda (Mt Elgon), west-central Kenya and northern Tanzania.

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

Hunter's Cisticola (Cisticola hunteri) [XC96692]
by Rory Nefdt from Ngorongoro Conservation Area (crater rim), Arusha, Tanzania (duet, song)

Hunter's Cisticola (Cisticola hunteri) [XC470593]
by Magnus Wadstein from Aberdare Forest, Nyeri County, Kenya (song, wing sounds)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Chubb's Cisticola (Cisticola chubbi) and Black-lored Cisticola (Cisticola nigriloris), and apparently also with undescribed "Kilombero Cisticola" from south-eastern Tanzania. Birds in north of range (Mt Elgon) plainer and more rufous than those in southern (northern Tanzania), which browner and more streaked. Also some altitudinal variation, birds from more open habitats at high elevations on Mt Kilimanjaro drabber than those lower down. However, variation seems to be clinal, and naming of geographical subspecies considered unwarranted.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Hunters Cisticola (Cisticola hunteri) - 10 files

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Hunters Cisticola see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Hunters Cisticola

If you would like to read any articles about the Hunters Cisticola...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Hunters Cisticola

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Hunters Cisticola or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (4)

No Videos of Hunters Cisticola

If Birdpedia has no videos of Hunters Cisticola or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)