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Lazy Cisticola 
Cisticola aberrans minor, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae Genus: Cisticola Species: C. aberrans Binomial name Cisticola aberrans
(Smith, 1843)The Lazy Cisticola or Rock-loving Cisticola (Cisticola aberrans) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is usually associated with rocky wooded terrain with interspersed patchy grass tussocks. Usually at the foot of hills or in adjacent riparian vegetation.
It is sometimes split into two species: Lazy Cisticola (C. aberrans) in the southern part of its range and Rock-loving Cisticola (C. emini) further north.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Cisticola aberrans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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