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Location: Nakuru, Kenya

Cisticola brunnescens

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Cisticola brunnescens has recently been split; Cisticola cinnamomeus (Pale-crowned Cisticola) is recognised by Clements^[1], Dickinson ^[2], Gill & Wright^[3] and Sinclair and Ryan^[4].

There are six subspecies:^[1]

• C. b. mbangensis

• Northern Cameroon (Adamawa Plateau)

• C. b. brunnescens

• Ethiopia and north-western Somalia

• C. b. wambera

• North-western Ethiopia (Wambera Plateau)

• C. b. nakuruensis

• Highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania (west of Rift Valley)

• C. b. hindii

• Highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania (east of Rift Valley)

• C. b. lynesi

• Highlands of western Cameroon

[edit] Habitat

Damp grasslands.

[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. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
3. Gill, F and M Wright. 2008. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA. 2006. ISBN 9780691128276. Update (2008) downloaded from http://worldbirdnames.org/names.html.
4. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

• List of references

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