Cloud cisticola
Cloud cisticola | |
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Calls (Western Cape, South Africa) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cisticolidae |
Genus: | Cisticola |
Species: | C. textrix
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Binomial name | |
Cisticola textrix (Vieillot, 1817)
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The cloud cisticola or tink-tink cisticola (Cisticola textrix) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zambia, and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
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Cloud cisticola in KwaZulu-Natal
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Cisticola textrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22713519A118727081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22713519A118727081.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links[]
- Cloud cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Cisticola
- Birds of Central Africa
- Birds of Southern Africa
- Birds described in 1817
- Cisticolidae stubs