Rufous cisticola

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Rufous cisticola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. rufus
Binomial name
Cisticola rufus
(Fraser, 1843)

The rufous cisticola (Cisticola rufus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Cisticola rufus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22713479A118726543. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22713479A118726543.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.