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Cisticola bulliens

[edit] Identification

Length 13-14 cm. A fairly pale, plain-backed Cisticola that is best identified by its song.

[edit] Similar species

Red-faced Cisticola, Chattering Cisticola and Whistling Cisticola.

[edit] Distribution

Coastal Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Congo.

[edit] Taxonomy

Cisticola bulliens has two subspecies:^[1]

• C. b. septentrionalis

• Cabinda and lower Congo River to northern Angola

• C. b. bulliens

• Coastal southern Angola

[edit] Habitat

Dry lowland grassland and savanna, and marshes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Vocalisation

The call is similar to that of the Rattling Cisticola, a loud chee chee chrrrrr.

[edit] Breeding

The female builds a nest in grasses, from leaves and cobwebs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
3. Wikipedia. 2009. Bubbling Cisticola. Downloaded 9 January 2009.

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