Grey-backed Cisticola
Cisticola subruficapilla
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Genus
- Cisticola
- eBird Code
- rehcis2
Vocalizations
Subspecies (6)
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Cisticola subruficapilla jamesi
east-central South Africa (southern Free State and Eastern Cape)
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Cisticola subruficapilla karasensis
southern Namibia (Great Namaqualand) and northern Northern Cape (South Africa)
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Cisticola subruficapilla namaqua
western South Africa: Orange River southward to Oliphants River, eastward to the western Karoo
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Cisticola subruficapilla newtoni
southwestern Angola to Namibia (Kaokoveld)
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Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla
southwestern South Africa (south of the Oliphants River, eastward to Knysna)
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Cisticola subruficapilla windhoekensis
central Namibia (Waterberg Mountains to Naukluft Mountains)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.