Bird Family: Cisticolas

Bushveld. Buff and dark brown upperparts; pale underparts. Distinctive rattle at end of song; often sings from top of bush.

Thickets. Above plain dark brown except for rusty cap; below blue-grey (southern and eastern regions); buffy elsewhere

Reedbeds and water side grass. Dark brown above with black; pale below; face, flanks and breast washed rufous.

Fynbos, scrubland. Dark rufous head with paler buff underparts, grey and black streaking on back.

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