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 LC    Ashy Cisticola* Id (Atlas):
    Cisticola cinereolus

Description (10)
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Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Salvadori, 1888

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of].

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 (17)...)

 
Ashy Cisticola (Cisticola cinereolus) [XC305818]
     by Peter Boesman from Mega-Soda area, Oromia, Ethiopia (song)

 
Ashy Cisticola (Cisticola cinereolus) [XC344740]
     by Frank Lambert from Icross-Elangata Wuas Rd., Kajiado County, Kenya (song)

Subspecies
Racial identity of apparently isolated population in south-eastern Sudan and north-western Kenya uncertain and tentatively included in schillingsi.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • cinereolus Salvadori, 1888   -  North-eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia.
  • schillingsi Reichenow, 1905   -  South-eastern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, Kenya and northern Tanzania.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Ashy Cisticola (Cisticola cinereolus) - 10 files


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