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Stout Cisticola - BirdForum Opus

Revision as of 10:01, 10 January 2009 by AlanManson-37216 (talk | contribs) (taxonomy)
Photo by obasanmi
Location: Nairobi NP, Kenya
Cisticola robustus

Identification

Distribution

Africa.

Taxonomy

Cisticola robustus has seven subspecies:

  • C. r. santae
  • Highlands of eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon
  • C. r. schraderi
  • Central Eritrea and adjacent northern Ethiopia
  • C. r. robustus
  • Northern Ethiopian plateau and Harrar
  • C. r. omo
  • Southern Ethiopian plateau
  • C. r. nuchalis
  • North-eastern Zaire to Kenya and northern Tanzania
  • C. r. angolensis
  • Southern Zaire to north-western Zambia and Angola
  • C. r. awemba
  • South-eastern Zaire to south-western Tanzania and north-eastern Zambia

Habitat

Moist savanna and high-altitude grassland.

Behaviour

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