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Desert cisticola

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Desert cisticola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. aridulus
Binomial name
Cisticola aridulus
Witherby, 1900

The desert cisticola (Cisticola aridulus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is present throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, although relatively absent from central and coastal western areas of the continent.

It is an insectivore.[2] It forages primarily in grassy vegetation.[3]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola aridulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713515A94377439. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713515A94377439.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lee, Alan T.K.; Herrmann, Eric; Retief, Ernst F.; van der Westhuizen-Coetzer, Ester; Seymour, Colleen L. (October 2023). "The impact of a massive wildfire event on avian species richness and abundance in an arid African savanna ecosystem". Journal of Arid Environments. 217: 105039. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2023.105039. ISSN 0140-1963.
  3. ^ Zwarts, Leo; Bijlsma, Rob G.; Kamp, Jan van der; Sikkema, Marten (2023-07-05). "Distribution and Numbers of Ground-Foraging Birds between the Hyper-Arid Sahara and the Hyper-Humid Guinea Forests". Ardea. 111 (1). doi:10.5253/arde.2022.a16. ISSN 0373-2266.
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