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Cisticola luapula (Luapula
cisticola)
Luapulatinktinkie [Afrikaans]; Cisticole de Luapula
[French]
Life
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Opisthokonta
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Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) >
Order: Passeriformes > Family: Cisticolidae
> Genus: Cisticola
For information on how to distinguish this species from the
Rufous-winged
cisticola, see
birdinfo.co.za.
Distribution and habitat
Occurs from southern Angola and Zambia to southern Africa,
specifically northern Namibia and Botswana. In the non-breeding season it
occupies reedbeds and other dense vegetation along rivers, lakes and the borders
of marshes. In the breeding season it is much more picky about habitats,
preferring seasonally flood aquatic vegetation, such as Long-awned water grass (Echinochloa
stagnina).
Breeding
- The nest is oval-shaped with a side-top entrance, built of dry and live
grass, together with plant down, which is added to the side, roof and
interior. It is typically placed about 30-40cm above water, in a grass tuft
concealed by taller grasses.
- Egg-laying season is from November-April.
- It lays 2-3 eggs, which are incubated by both sexes for probably 12-13
days.
Threats
Not threatened.
References
-
Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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