Systemmatic list - part 20: Cisticolas and Prinias
Lazy Cisticola (Rock-loving Cisticola) Cisticola aberrans [1]
3+ Dzalanyama 23rd.
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Lazy Cisticola, Dzalanyama, 23rd May 2011
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Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana [14+]
At least 1 Zomba Plateau 16th, 3 exit from Cape Maclear 19th and up to 10 Lengwe 20th-21st.
Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola (galactotes) galactotes [7]
5 Lake Chilwa 15th and 2 Liwonde 27th. The birds at Chilwa included 3 recently-fledged juveniles being fed by an adult.
This species is often treated as a race of Winding Cisticola (also known as Greater Black-backed Cisticola).
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Rufous-winged Cisticolas, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011
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Neddicky (Piping Cisticola) Cisticola fulvicapillus (or Cisticola fulvicapilla) [2]
2 above Ku Chawe trout farm on Zomba Plateau 16th. I saw a similar-looking bird elsewhere on Zomba Plateau when I was here in 2008, which I identified at the time as Singing Cisticola - however I'm now thinking both that bird and this year's are more likely to have been Neddicky - please let me know if you agree or disagree.
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Neddicky, above Ku Chawe (Zomba Plateau), 16th May 2011
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Fan-tailed Warbler (Zitting Cisticola) Cisticola juncidis [3]
4 between Dzalanyama and Lilongwe 24th and 2 Chongoni 25th.
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava [9]
As with last trip, for what's meant to be one of the commonest passerines this species wasn't quite as conspicuous as I might have expected:
2 near Cape Maclear 18th, 2 between Mangochi and Liwonde 19th, 3 Lengwe 21st and 2 on the exit from Liwonde 27th.
Red-winged Warbler (Red-winged Prinia) Heliolais erythropterus (or Prinia erythropterus) [2]
1 Dzalanyama 24th - a singing bird at the dambo.
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Red-winged Warbler, Dzalanyama, 24th May 2011
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