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Alternative name: Cloud-scraping Cisticola

Cisticola dambo

Distribution

Southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, eastern Angola and Zambia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Cisticola dambo has two subspecies^[1]:

• C. d. dambo

• South-eastern Gabon to north-eastern Angola, southern DRC and north-western Zambia

• C. d. kasai

• Southern DRC (north-western Kasai)

Habitat

Seasonally flooded grassland.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Dambo Cisticola. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dambo_Cisticola

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