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BirdPix:   7876
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3324AD
Observer:   Kleiman PR
Date of record:   2014-05-17
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Being similar to Zitting Cisticola I have taken the habitat into consideration and feel that the open Karoo scrub veld is more the habitat of this species. Also it is not as rufous as the Zitting especially on the flanks
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   630
Species name:   Cisticola aridulus
Common name:   Desert Cisticola -- Woestynklopkloppie
Family:   Cisticolidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Desert Cisticola
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-7876
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7876 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7876 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2014-05-25 05:58:08
Species name:   Cisticola aridulus -- Desert Cisticola; Woestynklopkloppie
Species code:   630

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