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Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Cisticola

Red-pate Cisticola

Cisticola ruficeps

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (repcis1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola

Subspecies (3)

Cisticola ruficeps mongalla

south-central South Sudan (upper White Nile) and northern Uganda
Cisticola ruficeps ruficeps

northeastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, and southern Chad eastward to southwestern Sudan and southwestern South Sudan
Cisticola ruficeps scotopterus

central Sudan (White and Blue Nile valleys) to Eritrea

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (repcis1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.