Cloud cisticola

Cloud cisticola
Calls (Western Cape, South Africa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Cisticolidae
Genus:Cisticola
Species: C. textrix
Binomial name
Cisticola textrix
(Vieillot, 1817)

The cloud cisticola or tink-tink cisticola (Cisticola textrix) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zambia, and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Cloud cisticola in KwaZulu-Natal

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Cisticola textrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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