Red-pate Cisticola - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by MarkMallalieu
Juba, South Sudan

Cisticola ruficeps

Includes Mongalla Cisticola

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: occurs only in Chad
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan) and Eritrea.

Photo by MarkMallalieu
Juba, South Sudan

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are three subspecies^[1]:

• C. r. ruficeps:

• Chad, southwestern Sudan, and southwestern South Sudan

• C. r. scotopterus:

• Central Sudan (White and Blue Nile valleys) to Eritrea

• C. r. mongalla:

• South central South Sudan (upper White Nile) and northern Uganda

Mongalla from southern Sudan and northern Uganda has been treated as full species, Mongalla Cisticola.
The formerly recognized subspecies guinea has turned out to be synonymous with Dorst's Cisticola.

Photo by MarkMallalieu
Juba, South Sudan

Habitat

Dry savanna and swamps.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. More pictures and ID discussion

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Red-pate Cisticola. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Red-pate_Cisticola

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