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 flooded lowland grassland and swamps.

Red-faced cisticola
Singing near the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Song recorded in Limpopo, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. erythrops
Binomial name
Cisticola erythrops
(Hartlaub, 1857)

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.

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References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola erythrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713268A94368373. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713268A94368373.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.