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Cisticola pipiens congo |
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Cisticola pipiens congo |
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Cisticole pipiens |
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Chirping Cisticola |
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| Katende, tshitendetende, tshitendetende mudiedie, tshitendetende tshia tshisense (Tshiluba) ; Katjitji (Kiluba) | |
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Very similar to C. galactotes. Differs in having less boldly black-streaked back and in being larger. |
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Marshes devoid of trees. |
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The male emits its call from the top of a reed or sometimes during its display horizontal and zigzag flight. Breeding takes places during the rainy season. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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