Lynes's Cisticola (Cisticola distinctus) [XC606652]
by paulo kivuyo from Oldonyosambu, Arusha, Tanzania (?)
Lynes's Cisticola (Cisticola distinctus) [XC688690]
by Lars Lachmann from Hells Gate National Park (near Sulmac Village), Naivasha, Nakuru County, Tanzania (call)
Subspecies
Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais) and Lynes's Cisticola (Cisticola distinctus) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Cisticola lais following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais).