Chubb's cisticola (''Cisticola chubbi'') is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda and the

Albertine Rift montane forests The Albertine Rift montane forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in east-central Africa. The ecoregion covers the mountains of the northern Albertine Rift, and is home to distinct Afromontane forests with high biodiversity. Geo ...

. There are four

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

: * ''C. c. adametzi''

Reichenow Anton Reichenow (1 August 1847 in Charlottenburg – 6 July 1941 in Hamburg) was a German ornithologist and herpetologist. Reichenow was the son-in-law of Jean Cabanis, and worked at the Natural History Museum of Berlin from 1874 to 1921. He was ...

, 1910 – southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon * ''C. c. discolor'' Sjöstedt, 1893 – Mount Cameroon (southwest Cameroon) – brown-backed cisticola * ''C. c. chubbi'' Sharpe, 1892 – eastern

DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

to western Kenya * ''C. c. marungensis'' Chapin, 1932 –

Marungu highlands The Marungu highlands are in the Tanganyika Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the west of the southern half of Lake Tanganyika. Location The highlands are divided by the Mulobozi River, which flow into the lake just north of ...

(southeastern DR Congo)

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Chubb's cisticola Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa Chubb's cisticola Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cisticolidae-stub