Pale-crowned cisticola

Species of bird

Pale-crowned cisticola

Midmar Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Cisticolidae
Genus:  | Cisticola
Species:  |

C. cinnamomeus

Binomial name
Cisticola cinnamomeus

Reichenow, 1904

The pale-crowned cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 2 Distribution
* 3 Habitat
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Taxonomy[edit]

Cisticola cinnamomeus was split from Cisticola brunnescens (pectoral-patch cisticola); since 2000 it has been recognised as a separate species by most world bird-listing authorities.[2]

## Distribution[edit]

It is found in Africa from eastern South Africa to Gabon and Tanzania.[3][4]

## Habitat[edit]

Its natural habitats are damp or marshy areas in upland grassland.[3][5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ *
2. ^ Lepage, Denis. "Avibase - The World Bird Database". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
3. ^ a b Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2003). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Cape Town: Struik. p. 510\. ISBN 9781868728572.
4. ^ Ryan, P.; Dean, R. "Pale-crowned Cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
5. ^ Stevenson, Terry; Fanshaw, John (2002). A Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa.

## External links[edit]

* Pectoral-patch cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q10748929
* Wikispecies: Cisticola cinnamomeus
* BirdLife: 103776400
* CoL: 5YWFM
* BOW: paccis1
* eBird: paccis1
* GBIF: 7340308
* iNaturalist: 144952
* ITIS: 916595
* IUCN: 103776400
* Xeno-canto: Cisticola-cinnamomeus

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