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The red-faced cisticola (''Cisticola erythrops'') is a species of
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
in the family
Cisticolidae The family Cisticolidae is a group of about 160 warblers, small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They were formerly included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae. This family probably originated ...
. It is widely present across sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern Africa). Its natural
habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland
grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush ( Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur natur ...
and swamps. 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

Cisticola erythrops MHNT.jpg, '' Cisticola erythrops '' - MHNT Cisticola erythrops sylvia MHNT.jpg, '' Cisticola erythrops sylvia'' - MHNT Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops).jpg, Non-breeding adult at
Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu ...
, South Africa Red-faced Cisticola 112ND500 DSC0099.jpg, In
Cuanza Norte Province The Cuanza Norte Province ( en, North Cuanza; umb, Konano Kwanza Volupale) is province of Angola. N'dalatando is the capital and the province has an area of 24,110 km² and a population of 443,386. Manuel Pedro Pacavira was born here and ...
, northern Angola


References

red-faced cisticola Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa red-faced cisticola Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cisticolidae-stub