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Alternative name: Neddicky

Photo by louisdup
Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Cisticola fulvicapilla

[edit] Identification

Length 11 cm. Red cap and plain greyish back. Underparts are buff (northern South Africa and northwards) or grey (southern South Africa). Short brown bill, feet and legs pinkish-brown. Light brown eye. The sexes are similar, but juvenile birds are yellower.

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa

[edit] Taxonomy

Cisticola fulvicapilla has nine subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Open woodland, including savanna.

[edit] Behaviour

Nest is ball shaped with a side entrance, made from grass and cobwebs. Breeding is September to March.

Diet includes small insects.

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