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Cisticola rufilatus ansorgei |
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Cisticola rufilata ansorgei |
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Cisticole de Hartlaub |
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Tinkling Cisticola |
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| Katende, tshitendetende, tshitendetende mudiedie, tshitendetende tshia tshisense (Tshiluba) ; Katjitji (Kiluba) | |
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Upperparts are dark brown with a rufous crown and white eyebrows. |
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Quite rare in Katanga. Inhabits the dry savannas of the high plteaus; |
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This cisticola puts up with very dry habitats of Botswana as well as with wetter habitats where it rains overs 1500 mm per year. |
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Nest is composed of a grass' ball placed in a bush close to the ground. Breeding takes place 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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