
Cisticolas and allies
Cisticolas and allies- There are about 111 of these species in the world and about 43 of them can be seen in Uganda. These Cisticolidae birds are from the warbler family from the old world. They are small bird generally and are brown or grey in color. They mainly live-in grasslands and scrub areas. Cisticolas and allies species in this family include:
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps
Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
Carruthers’s Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
Chubb’s Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
Gray Apalis Apalis cinerea
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticaudus
Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes
Black-collared Apalis Apalis pulchra
Ruwenzori Apalis Apalis ruwenzori
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps
Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata
Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae
Red-fronted Warbler Urorhipis rufifrons
Gray-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Hunter’s Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
Black-necked Cisticola Cisticola eximius
Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica
White-chinned Prinia Prinia leucopogon
Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
Red-winged Gray Warbler Drymocichla incana
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
Gray Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
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