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 LC    Red-pate Cisticola* Id (Atlas):
    Cisticola ruficeps

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Red-pate Cisticola, Mongalla Cisticola (mongalla)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
10 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cretzschmar, 1827)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda.

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 (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

 
Red-pate Cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps) [XC739583]
     by Peter Boesman from Pian Upe National Park, Uganda (call)

 
Red-pate Cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps) [XC555318]
     by Haruna Mohammed Abubakar from Yerimaram\/Garin Daye\/Badejo\/Nahuta, Potiskum, Yobe, Nigeria (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Cisticola guinea and formerly treated as conspecific, but differs in vocalizations, plumage (especially non-breeding) and habitat preferences. When the form now known as "Cisticola guinea" was initially split from present species, confusion regarding its identity led to its being associated with subspecies mongalla, with the result that the newly split species was mistakenly named "Cisticola mongalla".

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • ruficeps (Cretzschmar, 1827)   -  North-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad and south-western Sudan.
  • scotopterus (Sundevall, 1850)   -  Central and south-eastern Sudan and north-western Eritrea.
  • mongalla Lynes, 1930   -  Southern Sudan and northern Uganda. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Mongalla Cisticola (Cisticola mongalla).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Red-pate Cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps) - 10 files


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