The foxy cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Foxy cisticola
At Murchison Falls NP, Uganda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. troglodytes
Binomial name
Cisticola troglodytes
(Antinori, 1864)

It is native to Central African Republic (Bozoum and Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Garamba National Park), Ethiopia (Gambela National Park), Kenya (Mount Elgon), Sudan (Ashana-Bandingilo-Dinder-Imatong Mountains and Juba) and Uganda (Kidepo Valley National Park, Mt Kie Forest, Mt. Moroto Forest Reserve and Mt Otzi Forest Reserve). It is also known to be vagrant to Mali. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola troglodytes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713483A94376553. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713483A94376553.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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