Grey-backed Cisticola

By Charlie • September 10, 2006 • No comments yet

Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla
Karoo, Cape Province, South Africa. September 2006

The Grey-backed Cisticola is a SW African endemic, associated with lowland fynbos, karoo scrub, and arid hillsides - typically in drier habitats than the closely related Wailing Cisticola.

These birds were part of a family group photographed moving through acacia bushes alongside a dry stream bed just off the R355 - the long, untarmacced road which goes through the karoo from Karooport to Calvinia and is so excellent for seeing karoo birds. The species is fairly common here, and likely to be the only long-tailed cisticola seen.

grey-backed cisticola

Photographs copyright Charlie Moores

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