Tinkling cisticola

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Tinkling cisticola

Levaillant’s Cisticola or Tinkling Cisticola, Cisticola tinniens, is a small passerine bird (though Tinkling Cisticola is also used as an alternative name for the Grey Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus).

The Levaillant’s Cisticola is a small, 12-15 cm long, dull-coloured bird with a longish tail and a reddish cap. The upperparts of the breeding adult are grey, heavily streaked with black, and with a rufous panel in the folded wing The supercilium, face and underparts are buffy white and the tail is russet brow. The short straight bill is blackish-brown with a pinkish base, and the feet and legs are pinkish-brown. The eye is light brown. Non-breeding adults are browner-backed, and juvenile birds have yellower underparts. The calls include a musical chrip-trrrup-trreee, a wailing tee tee tee and harsh alarm notes.

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