Pectoral-patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
9 cm

First Described (Guide)
Heuglin, 1862

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland. From 1,400 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Pectoral-patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens) [XC300131]
by Bernard BOUSQUET from Liben plain, Ethiopia (song)

Pectoral-patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens) [XC276764]
by Peter Boesman from Liben Plain, Ethiopia (song)

Subspecies
Often considered conspecific with Pale-crowned Cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus), but the two occur together in PRCongo, where they occupy different habitats and are vocally quite distinct. Racial identity of populations in central, south-western and extreme south-eastern Gabon and central PRCongo uncertain; subspecies gabun of Wing-snapping Cisticola (Cisticola ayresii) might belong with present species. Further study required.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

lynesi Bates, 1926 - Highlands of south-western Cameroon.
mbangensis Chappuis & �rard, 1973 - Adamawa Plateau, in central Cameroon.
wambera Lynes, 1930 - Wambera Plateau, in north-western Ethiopia.
brunnescens Heuglin, 1862 - Northern Eritrea, Ethiopia, north-western Somalia and extreme northern Kenya.
nakuruensis van Someren, 1922 - Kenya and northern Tanzania west of Rift Valley.
hindii Sharpe, 1896 - Kenya and northern Tanzania east of Rift Valley.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Pectoral-patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens) - 10 files

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