Rattling Cisticola © birding101.co.za

Proposed subspecies huilensis (southern Angola) synonymized with smithersi. Northern population of nominate subspecies recently split as subspecies vulpiniceps, supposedly having redder crown, less streaked upperparts and whiter underparts in non-breeding plumage, but not widely accepted.

The following 17 subspecies are recognised:

• simplex (Heuglin, 1869)   -  Southern Sudan, north-eastern DRCongo and northern Uganda.
• fortis Lynes, 1930   -  South-eastern Gabon, PRCongo and southern DRCongo south to north-central Angola and Zambia (except south-western and east).
• fricki Mearns, 1913   -  Southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya.
• humilis Madarász, 1904   -  Highlands of eastern Uganda and western Kenya.
• ukamba Lynes, 1930   -  Highlands of central Kenya and northern Tanzania.
• heterophrys Oberholser, 1906   -  Coastal Kenya and northern Tanzania.
• victoria Lynes, 1930   -  South-western Kenya and northern Tanzania (area around L Victoria).
• fischeri Reichenow, 1891   -  North-central Tanzania.
• keithi Parkes, 1987   -  South-central Tanzania.
• mbeya Parkes, 1987   -  Southern Tanzania.
• emendatus Vincent, 1944   -  South-eastern Tanzania, Malawi and northern Mozambique.
• procerus Peters, W, 1868   -  Eastern Zambia, southern Malawi and central Mozambique.
• bensoni Traylor, 1964   -  Southern Zambia.
• smithersi Hall, BP, 1956   -  Southern Angola, extreme northern Namibia, north-western Botswana, and extreme south-western Zambia and western Zimbabwe.
• chiniana (Smith, 1843)   -  Zimbabwe, interior southern Mozambique, south-eastern Botswana and South African plateau.
• frater Reichenow, 1916   -  Central Namibia.
• campestris Gould, 1845   -  Coastal plain of southern Mozambique, Swaziland and eastern South Africa.

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