The wailing cisticola (Cisticola lais) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
| Wailing cisticola | |
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| In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
| Song recorded in Royal Natal National Park, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Cisticola |
| Species: | C. lais
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| Binomial name | |
| Cisticola lais | |
Lynes's cisticola of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of this species.[2]
The appearance of their eggs varies widely; they can be white, pale blue, spotted, or streaked.[3]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola lais". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713383A94372687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713383A94372687.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Ryan, Peter; Dean, Ryan (2006-01-01). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais) version 1.0". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.waicis1.01. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Krausová, Ladislava; Veselý, Petr; Syrová, Michaela; Antonová, Kateřina; Fišer, Ondřej; Chlumská, Vanda; Pátková, Markéta; Pužej, Šimon; Fuchs, Roman (2022-12-23). "Red‐backed shrike (Lanius collurio) versus common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus): An example of ineffective cuckoo–hawk mimicry". Ecology and Evolution. 12 (12): e9664. doi:10.1002/ece3.9664. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 9789018. PMID 36582776. S2CID 255120648.
External links edit
- Wailing cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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