The red-pate cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and swamps.
| Red-pate cisticola | |
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| In Cameroon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Cisticola |
| Species: | C. ruficeps
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| Binomial name | |
| Cisticola ruficeps (Cretzschmar, 1830)
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cisticola ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713344A94371868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713344A94371868.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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