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Cisticola ayresii ayresii |
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Cisticola ayresii (ayresii & itombwensis) |
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Cisticole gratte-nuage |
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Wing-snapping Cisticola |
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| Katende, tshitendetende, tshitendetende mudiedie, tshitendetende tshia tshisense (Tshiluba) ; Katjitji (Kiluba) | |
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Like all the other cisticolas it has brown-streaked upperparts and creamy underparts. Its tail is rather short. |
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Only inhabits the bare high plateaus of Katanga. |
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The display flight is particular: the male rises very high in the sky where it sings and snaps its wings before diving towards the ground while singing and finally settling in tall grasses. The female also executes a nuptial flight but it is less spectacular. The nidification takes place in Katanga 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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