Species profile
Black-tailed Cisticola
Cisticola melanurus
Quick answer
Locally in ne Angola, s Democratic Republic of the Congo and extreme w Zambia
- Scientific name
- Cisticola melanurus
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Cisticola
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient
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