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Alternative name: Grey Cisticola

Cisticola rufilatus

Disambiguation: The name Tinkling Cisticola is also used for Cisticola tinniens

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Zambia, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• C. r. rufilatus:

• Southern Angola and northern Namibia to Botswana, Zimbabwe and northern Cape Province

• C. r. ansorgei (venustulus):

• South-eastern Gabon to eastern Angola, southern Zaire, northern Zambia and Malawi

• C. r. vicinior:

• Plateau of Zimbabwe

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[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.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links