Gray-backed Cisticola
- Score
- 1.2158542
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Tail Shape
- notched
- Wing Shape
- pointed
Why it matters
The Gray-backed Cisticola is a small, energetic passerine native to southern Africa, notable for its distinctive notched tail and pointed wings that aid in its agile, darting flight patterns. These birds are prized by ornithologists and birders for their complex, repetitive vocalizations and their habit of displaying from exposed perches within their scrubland habitats.
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