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WoodlandDomed nestTiny · 9 g
When to see the Dorst's Cisticola
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Dorst's Cisticola
The map shades 7 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 Togo.
About the Dorst's Cisticola
Dorst's cisticola, also known as the plaintive cisticola, is a bird in the family Cisticolidae. It occurs in West Africa and south of Lake Chad.
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Easily confused with
Foxy CisticolaCisticola troglodytesThe foxy cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
Boran CisticolaCisticola bodessaThe Boran cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
Rufous CisticolaCisticola rufusThe rufous cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
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