Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus) [XC339716]
by Bram Piot from Diemb\u00e9ring (dunes), Oussouye, Casamance, Senegal (song)
Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus) [XC687347]
by Brendan Sloan from Ussoke (near Kanjonde), Londuimbali, Huambo Province, Angola (call)
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.