Cloud Cisticola (Cisticola textrix)

Other Names (World)
Cloud Cisticola, Tink-tink Cisticola, Pinc-pinc Cisticola

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
9 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia.

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 (54)...)

Cloud Cisticola (Cisticola textrix) [XC516076]
by Tony Archer from Faan Meintjes Nature Reserve (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, South Africa (song)

Cloud Cisticola (Cisticola textrix) [XC364302]
by Peter Boesman from Vlaklaagte Grasslands, Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
Closely allied to Black-backed Cisticola (Cisticola eximius) and Dambo Cisticola (Cisticola dambo). Distinctively streaked nominate subspecies sometimes regarded as an incipient species, separate from other subspecies.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

bulubulu Lynes, 1931 - Central Angola.
anselli White, CMN, 1960 - Eastern Angola and adjacent extreme western Zambia.
major (Roberts, 1913) - Plateau of eastern South Africa.
marleyi (Roberts, 1932) - Southern Mozambique and eastern South Africa (north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal south to St Lucia).
textrix (Vieillot, 1817) - South-western South Africa (east to Port Elizabeth).

References
See References.

Files:

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