Rufous Cisticola (Cisticola rufus)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Fraser, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

Senegal, Mali and north-western Sierra Leone east, patchily, to Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Chad and western Central African Republic.

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

Rufous Cisticola (Cisticola rufus) [XC177370]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Mole NP, Kintampo South, Brong Ahafo, Ghana (song)

Rufous Cisticola (Cisticola rufus) [XC379056]
by id from Sin\u00e9matiali, Korhogo, Savanes District, Ivory Coast (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Foxy Cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes), and may have affinities with Neddicky (Cisticola fulvicapilla) and Tabora Cisticola (Cisticola angusticauda).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous Cisticola (Cisticola rufus) - 10 files

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