Rattling Cisticola
Another “little brown job”...very
noisy...in south-central Sub-Saharan
Africa...seventeen subspecies.
Cisticola chiniana
(L 4.5-5.75")
Masai Mara
24Oct2014
Nairobi National Park
18Oct2014
Cisticola in Greek/Latin means
flowering shrub dweller; chiniana
may be from a native tsuyana for
small brown warbler.
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