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Cisticola in Ethiopia (1 Viewer)
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Jean FRANCOIS
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Red-pate Cisticola, non-breeding plumage.
Jean
Jean
Jefferson Shank
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Agreed
alfred huber
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Thanks for the two comments. The only thing is, that it would be out of range (according to Birds of Africa south of the Sahara)
Jefferson Shank
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Then I would go with Ethiopian Cisticola. Definitely not Croaking Cisticola and the tail fits Ethiopian Cisticola better than Stout Cisticola.
Jean FRANCOIS
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No, it's correct geographically.
The wing pattern, the tail,.. do not correspond to a Ethiopian.
Jean
Jean Francois is right; Birds of the Horn of Africa would allow Red-pate in that location, and the map in Birds of Africa would also do so (the map is too small to be clear, unfortunately).
Ethiopian should have a red-wing panel (not always as strong as the books show, but still a more obvious red panel than this bird, I think). And it's a wetland not dry scrub bird (the local replacement for Winding).
Also compare this bird with the bird which I ID'd (I hope correctly) as Red-pate in your other thread.
alfred huber
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Thank you all for your thoughts.
