Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus) [XC362068]
by Bram Piot from Mbuela, Kisantu, Bas-Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic) (song)
Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus) [XC397930]
by Rolf A. de By from Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Zambia (song)
Subspecies
May be closely allied to the superspecies formed by Rufous Cisticola (Cisticola rufus) and Foxy Cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes), but overlaps in geographical range with both these species.
Proposed subspecies tenebricosus (southern Mozambique) synonymized with isabellinus.
The following 9 subspecies are recognised:
brachypterus (Sharpe, 1870) - Senegal east to western Sudan, south to northern Angola (Cabinda) and northern DRCongo.