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Cisticola tinniens perpullus |
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Cisticola tinniens perpulla |
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Cisticole à sonnette |
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Levaillant's Cisticola |
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| Katende, tshitendetende, tshitendetende mudiedie, tshitendetende tshia tshisense (Tshiluba) ; Katjitji (Kiluba) | |
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Could be confused with C. galactotes. Differs from its call. |
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This bird is very rare in Katanga. It has been seen along the Lualaba. |
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Likes marshes where display flight is observed, the bird skimming the grasses with a spread tail. 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.
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