Wing-snapping cisticola

Short description: Species of bird

Wing-snapping cisticola

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
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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