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Golden-headed Cisticola

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'''Alternative names: Gold-naped Cisticola, Gold-capped Cisticola, Bright-capped Cisticola, Yellow-headed Cisticola, Golden Cisticola, Bright-headed Cisticola''' '''Alternative names: Gold-naped Cisticola, Gold-capped Cisticola, Bright-capped Cisticola, Yellow-headed Cisticola, Golden Cisticola, Bright-headed Cisticola'''
-[[Image:Golden-headed_Cisticola.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Romy Ocon <br />Location: [[Philippines]]]]+[[Image:Golden-headed_Cisticola.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Romy+Ocon|Romy Ocon}} <br />[[Philippines]], August 2006]]
;[[:Category:Cisticola|Cisticola]] exilis ;[[:Category:Cisticola|Cisticola]] exilis
==Identification== ==Identification==
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[[Eurasia]] and [[Australasia]] [[Eurasia]] and [[Australasia]]
==Taxonomy== ==Taxonomy==
-''Cisticola exilis'' has 12 subspecies. 
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
- +[[Image:Golden-headed cisticola f .jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|mthompson|mthompson}}<br />Tyto Wetlands, north [[Queensland]] September 2009]]
- +''Cisticola exilis'' has 12 subspecies:
- +*''C. e. tytleri'': Foothills of [[Nepal]] to north-eastern [[India]], northern [[Myanmar]] and south-western [[China]] (Yunnan)
-*''C e tytleri'' Foothills of [[Nepal]] to ne [[India]], n [[Myanmar]] and sw [China]] (Yunnan) +*''C. e. erythrocephalus'': Southern [[India]] (southern Mysore, western Tamil Nadu and Kerala)
-*''C e erythrocephalus'' S [[India]] (s Mysore, w Tamil Nadu and Kerala)+*''C. e. equicaudatus'': Eastern [[Myanmar]] to central [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]] and southern [[Vietnam]]
-*''C e equicaudatus'' E [[Myanmar]] to central [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]] and s [[Vietnam]] +*''C. e. courtoisi'': South-eastern [[China]] (south-eastern Yunnan to southern Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian)
-*''C e courtoisi'' SE [[China]] (se Yunnan to s Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian) +*''C. e. volitans'': [[Taiwan]]
-*''C e volitans'' [[Taiwan]] +*''C. e. semirufus'': [[Philippines|Philippine Islands]] and Sulu Archipelago
-*''C e semirufus'' Philippine Islands and Sulu Archipelago +*''C. e. rusticus'': [[Sulawesi]] subregion and southern [[Moluccas]]
-*''C e rusticus'' [[Sulawesi]] subregion and s Moluccas+*''C. e. lineocapilla'': [[Java]], [[Bali]], [[Lesser Sundas]] and northern [[Australia]] ([[Northern Territory]])
-*''C e lineocapilla'' [[Java]], [[Bali]], Lesser Sundas and n [[Australia]] (Northern Territory)+*''C. e. diminutus'': [[New Guinea]] to [[Solomon Islands]] and islands in Torres Strait
-*''C e diminutus'' [[New Guinea]] to [[Solomon Islands]] and islands in Torres Strait+*''C. e. polionotus'': Bismarck Archipelago
-*''C e polionotus'' Bismarck Archipelago+*''C. e. alexandrae'': Northern [[Australia]] (Pilbara region to Mackenzie River, [[Queensland]])
-*''C e alexandrae'' N [[Australia]] (Pilbara region to Mackenzie River, [[Queensland]])+*''C. e. exilis'': Eastern [[Australia]] (central [[Queensland]] to southern [[Victoria]] and adjacent [[South Australia]])
-*''C e exilis'' E [[Australia]] (c [[Queensland]] to s [[Victoria]] and adj. [[South Australia]])+
- +
==Habitat== ==Habitat==
 +Tall grass and reeds around marshes and wetlands, including sewage ponds and rice fields. Also field edges on lower mountain slopes.
==Behaviour== ==Behaviour==
==References== ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}+#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#BF Member observations
- +{{ref}}
==External Links== ==External Links==
{{GSearch|Cisticola+exilis}} {{GSearch|Cisticola+exilis}}
-*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=75&bid=1372 View more images of this species on the ABID]+<br />
-[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Cisticola]]+{{Video|Golden-headed_Cisticola}}
 + 
 +[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Cisticola]] [[Category:Videos]]

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Alternative names: Gold-naped Cisticola, Gold-capped Cisticola, Bright-capped Cisticola, Yellow-headed Cisticola, Golden Cisticola, Bright-headed Cisticola

Photo by Romy Ocon Philippines, August 2006
Photo by Romy Ocon
Philippines, August 2006
Cisticola exilis

Contents

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Eurasia and Australasia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

FemalePhoto by mthompsonTyto Wetlands, north Queensland September 2009
Female
Photo by mthompson
Tyto Wetlands, north Queensland September 2009

Cisticola exilis has 12 subspecies:

[edit] Habitat

Tall grass and reeds around marshes and wetlands, including sewage ponds and rice fields. Also field edges on lower mountain slopes.

[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. BF Member observations

[edit] External Links


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