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Cisticola lais

Wailing Cisticola


Cisticola lais

(Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO, 1870)
Cistícola Plañidero
Family: Cisticolidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Synonyms: Drymoica lais.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


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

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

The appearance of their eggs varies widely; they can be white, pale blue, spotted, or streaked.

Source: Wikipedia, article Cisticola lais. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Count: 3

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Photography ID: 591214
  Adult
Blide River Canyón
Mpumalanga
South Africa
10/18/2016
Adrian Braidotti
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Photography ID: 591213
  Adult
Blide River Canyón
Mpumalanga
South Africa
10/18/2016
Adrian Braidotti
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Photography ID: 175835
  Adult
Blide River Canyón
Mpumalanga
South Africa
10/18/2016
Adrian Braidotti


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
164659118/10/2016South AfricaMpumalangaBlide River CanyónAdrian Braidotti
4061614/11/2010South AfricaKwaZulu-NatalGiant Castle Reserve, Montañas DrakensbergCarmelo López Abad
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.