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Cisticola brachypterus ankole |
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Cisticola brachyptera ankole |
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Cisticole à ailes courtes |
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Short-winged Cisticola |
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| Katende, tshitendetende, tshitendetende mudiedie, tshitendetende tshia tshisense (Tshiluba) ; Katjitji (Kiluba) | |
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Distinguished from other cisticolas by its very short wings. Moreover it has very little or no streaksat all. |
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Mainly found in secondary vegetations and clearings or in old fields in the miombo. It is one of the most common cisticolas of Katanga. |
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During its display flight, it rises very high in the sky before diving while producing a wing whistle. Unlike C. ayresii, it does not sing while diving. Nidification 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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