Ashy Cisticola

Cisticola cinereolus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesDesertDomed nestSmall · 17 g

What the Ashy Cisticola sounds like

Sonogram of the Ashy Cisticola: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Kileo Jumah · Call · Zange Gate,Mkomazi NP, Tanzania · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Ashy Cisticola: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Frank shirima · Call · Kudu Hills,Mererani, Simanjiro, Manyara Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Ashy Cisticola: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Frank shirima · Call · Kudu Hills,Mererani, Simanjiro, Manyara Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Ashy Cisticola

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ashy Cisticola

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in South Sudan.

About the Ashy Cisticola

The ashy cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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