From Opus

Photo by nkgray
Location: Lebala Camp, Kando Concession, Botswana

Cisticola pipiens

[edit] Identification

15cm. Grey brown back, brown head, grey throat, brown iris, black bill, pink legs.

[edit] Distribution

Africa: Angola to Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

[edit] Taxonomy

Cisticola pipiens has three subspecies:^[1]

• C. p. pipiens

• Western Angola

• C. p. congo

• Eastern Angola to Zambia, Zaire, Tanzania and Burundi

• C. p. arundicola

• South-eastern Angola to Botswana and Zimbabwe

[edit] Habitat

Wet grassland and swamps.

[edit] Behaviour

Monogamous.

Its nest is made from straw and leaves, placed on the ground under a bush. 3-4 brown eggs are laid.

The diet includes insects, fish and frogs.

[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.

Birds of South Africa

• List of references

[edit] External Links