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| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22713383/0 |title=''Cisticola lais'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013|ref=harv}}</ref>
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| taxon = Cisticola lais
| taxon = Cisticola lais
| authority = ([[Gustav Hartlaub|Hartlaub]] & [[Otto Finsch|Finsch]], 1870)
| authority = ([[Gustav Hartlaub|Hartlaub]] & [[Otto Finsch|Finsch]], 1870)
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The '''wailing cisticola''' (''Cisticola lais'') is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Cisticolidae]]. It is found in [[Angola]], [[Lesotho]], [[Malawi]], [[Mozambique]], [[South Africa]], [[Swaziland]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], and [[Zimbabwe]]. Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical high-altitude [[grassland]].
The '''wailing cisticola''' (''Cisticola lais'') is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Cisticolidae]]. It is found in [[Angola]], [[Lesotho]], [[Malawi]], [[Mozambique]], [[South Africa]], [[Swaziland]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], and [[Zimbabwe]]. Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical high-altitude [[grassland]].


[[Lynes's cisticola]] of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania is sometimes regarded as a [[subspecies]] of this species.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Ryan | first1=P. | last2=Dean | first2=R. | year=2017 | title=Wailing Cisticola (''Cisticola lais'') | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | work=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions | url=http://www.hbw.com/node/58619 | accessdate=27 August 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
[[Lynes's cisticola]] of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania is sometimes regarded as a [[subspecies]] of this species.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Ryan | first1=P. | last2=Dean | first2=R. | year=2017 | title=Wailing Cisticola (''Cisticola lais'') | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | work=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions | url=http://www.hbw.com/node/58619 | access-date=27 August 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Wailing cisticola
In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Song recorded in Royal Natal National Park, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. lais
Binomial name
Cisticola lais
(Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870)

The wailing cisticola (Cisticola lais) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

Lynes's cisticola of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of this species.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Cisticola lais". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ Ryan, P.; Dean, R. (2017). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 27 August 2017.