Wailing cisticola
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Cisticola lais

The wailing cisticola (Cisticola lais ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

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Lynes's cisticola of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of this species.

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References

1. Wailing cisticola Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wailing_cisticola
2. Wailing cisticola on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22713383/94372687
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/645242

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