The red-pate cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and swamps.

Red-pate cisticola
In Cameroon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. ruficeps
Binomial name
Cisticola ruficeps
(Cretzschmar, 1830)

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713344A94371868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713344A94371868.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.