The red-faced cisticola (''Cisticola erythrops'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

in the family

Cisticolidae The family Cisticolidae is a group of about 160 warblers, small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They were formerly included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae. This family probably originated ...

. It is widely present across

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(rare in southern Africa). Its natural

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

s are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland

grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur natur ...

and

swamp A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...

s. The race ''C. e. lepe'', found in Angola and possibly the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is sometimes regarded as a separate species, the Lepe cisticola.

Gallery

Cisticola erythrops MHNT.jpg, '' Cisticola erythrops '' - MHNT Cisticola erythrops sylvia MHNT.jpg, '' Cisticola erythrops sylvia'' - MHNT Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops).jpg, Non-breeding adult at

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, South Africa Red-faced Cisticola 112ND500 DSC0099.jpg, In

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, northern Angola

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red-faced cisticola The red-faced cisticola (''Cisticola erythrops'') is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is widely present across sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flood ...

Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa

Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cisticolidae-stub