Rock-loving cisticola

Rock-loving cisticola
Cisticola aberrans minor, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. aberrans
Binomial name
Cisticola aberrans
(Smith, A, 1843)

The rock-loving cisticola (Cisticola aberrans), also known as the lazy cisticola, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa and is usually associated with rocky wooded terrain with interspersed patchy grass tussocks. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Huambo cisticola (Cisticola bailunduensis).

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2024). "Cisticola aberrans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.