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Pale-crowned cisticola
Midmar Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Cisticola
Species:	C. cinnamomeus
Binomial name
Cisticola cinnamomeus Reichenow, 1904

The pale-crowned cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Taxonomy

Cisticola cinnamomeus was split from Cisticola brunnescens (pectoral-patch cisticola); since 2000 it has been recognised as a separate species by most world bird-listing authorities.

Distribution

It is found in Africa from eastern South Africa to Gabon and Tanzania.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are damp or marshy areas in upland grassland.

References

1. *
2. Lepage, Denis. "Avibase - The World Bird Database". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
3. ^ Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2003). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Cape Town: Struik. p. 510. ISBN 9781868728572.
4. Ryan, P.; Dean, R. "Pale-crowned Cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
5. Stevenson, Terry; Fanshaw, John (2002). A Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa.

External links

• Pectoral-patch cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

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