Wing-Snapping Cisticola

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Short description: Species of bird

Wing-snapping cisticola
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Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. ayresii
Binomial name
Cisticola ayresii
Hartlaub, 1863

The wing-snapping cisticola (Cisticola ayresii), also known as Ayres' cisticola, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. Its scientific name honours South Africa n ornithologist Thomas Ayres.

Distribution and habitat

It is found throughout central and southern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola ayresii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22713540A94378627. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713540A94378627.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22713540/94378627. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 

External links

  • Wing-snapping cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

See also Wikidata entry Q1305597.




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