The red-faced cisticola (Cisticola erythrops) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is widely present across sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.
| Red-faced cisticola | |
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| Singing near the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga, South Africa | |
| Song recorded in Limpopo, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Cisticola |
| Species: | C. erythrops
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| Binomial name | |
| Cisticola erythrops (Hartlaub, 1857)
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The race C. e. lepe, found in Angola and possibly the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is sometimes regarded as a separate species, the Lepe cisticola.
Gallery
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Cisticola erythrops - MHNT -
Cisticola erythrops sylvia - MHNT -
Non-breeding adult at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa -
In Cuanza Norte Province, northern Angola
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola erythrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713268A94368373. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713268A94368373.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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