Cricket warbler
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Genus: | Spiloptila Sundevall, 1872
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Species: | S. clamans
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Spiloptila clamans (Cretzschmar, 1826)
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The cricket warbler or cricket longtail (Spiloptila clamans) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It belongs to the genus Spiloptila; it is often the only species included in the genus but sometimes the red-fronted warbler is placed there as well.
It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References
- Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4