Long-tailed cisticola

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Tabora cisticola
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In Uganda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. angusticauda
Binomial name
Cisticola angusticauda
Reichenow, 1891

The long-tailed cisticola (Cisticola angusticauda), also known as the Tabora cisticola, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Africa, where it occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola angusticauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22713453A94375537. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713453A94375537.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.