Wing-snapping cisticola
Appearance
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Cedara Farm, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | |
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Species: | C. ayresii
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Cisticola ayresii Hartlaub, 1863
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The Wing-snapping Cisticola (Cisticola ayresii), also known as Ayres' Cisticola, is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Cisticola ayresii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.