Avibase: Cisticola aberrans (Lazy Cisticola)

Lazy Cisticola

Cisticola aberrans (Smith, A 1843)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Lynette Rudman	2015-04-15	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (420 m)	song - Bird seen singing from the top of a small shrub. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	252085 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Dries Van de Loock	2021-03-09	Lavushi Manda NP, Muchinga Province, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (1300 m)	call - bird-seen:yes	660643 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans nyika	Hans Matheve	2021-12-16	Mkushi, Mkushi, Central Province, Mkushi (Zambia) (1300 m)	call - bird-seen:yes	699568 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Faansie Peacock	2015-11-21	Eweni, Champagne Castle, Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) (1500 m)	call, song - Bird calling loudly from tops of bracken fern plants at forest edge. Suspect this is a type of simplistic song - bird did not seem alarmed, and did not utter the moaning alarm calls typical of this species. In background also Striped Grass Frog, Ptychadena porosissima and people shouting. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	292875 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Lynette Rudman	2015-08-08	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (500 m)	call, female, male - Two birds seen calling from bush on the roadside in Acacia Karoo scrub vegatation. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	267019 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Kyle Finn	2019-09-16	Lokovhela Mountain Cottages, Makhado Local Municipality, Far North, Limpopo, South Africa (South Africa)	alarm call -	504400 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Toby Esplin	2018-12-05	Vryheid, Zululand DC, KwaZulu-Natal, Vryheid (South Africa) (1400 m)	alarm call - Birds calling nearby roadside, possibly at nest site. Background calls from Dark-capped Bulbul. Amplification Peak -3.0dB, Noise Reduction 12dB, High Pass Filter 300hz 12dB. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	446053 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Lynette Rudman	2015-04-12	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (420 m)	call - Several birds seen singing from a low shrub. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	252083 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans aberrans	Niall Perrins	2014-10-19	Mabusa, Nkangala, Mpumalanga, Mpumalanga (South Africa) (1300 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	199448 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans aberrans	Bram Piot	12-06-2010	Mbabane, Hhohho (Eswatini) (1250 m)	Calls (A) - Lazy Cisticola. Note typical 'clicking' calls	55563 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Peter Boesman	2014-10-31	Oribi gorge, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)	call - ID certainty 90%	280130 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Faansie Peacock	2015-11-21	Eweni, Champagne Castle, Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) (1500 m)	song - Same bird as in XC292875. Calling loudly from tops of bracken fern plants at forest edge. Suspect this is a type of simplistic song - bird did not seem alarmed, and did not utter the moaning alarm calls typical of this species. In background also Striped Grass Frog, Ptychadena porosissima. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	292876 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans nyika	Bram Piot	14-11-2010	Gosho Park, Marondera, Mashonaland East (Zimbabwe) (1650 m)	Alarm call (A) -	65624 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Faansie Peacock	2015-11-10	Crystal Springs Mountain Resort, Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga, Mpumalanga (South Africa) (1600 m)	alarm call, song - Pair of Lazies along the scrubby border of a pine plantation and an open, protea-dotted slope. The species occurred alongside Wailing Cisticola at this location. Some noise from baboons in the background. I played a brief clip of their calls, to which they responded very aggressively by calling loudly, flying towards me and cocking their tails. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	290157 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Dries Van de Loock	2021-12-16	Mkushi, Mkushi, Central Province, Mkushi (Zambia) (1300 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	745554 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Peter Boesman	2017-12-15	Mkushi farm region, Central province, Central (Zambia)	call - [sono]	397918 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Frank Lambert	2015-12-12	Dzalamyama - s of lodge nr dambo, Central Region, Malawi (Malawi)	call, two birds calling/singing -	366652 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Dries Van de Loock	2023-09-27	Chipasi, Dedza, Central Region, TA Kaphuka (Malawi) (1800 m)	call - [sono]	858849 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Murray Christian	2019-11-08	Lilongwe, Central Region, Lilongwe (Malawi) (1400 m)	adult, alarm call, call - Agitated calls, perhaps from both members of a pair, in the grassy, rocky understory of miombo woodland on a hillside. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	513827 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Peter Boesman	2014-10-31	Oribi gorge, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)	song - [sono]	280131 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Tim Cockcroft	2016-10-13	Bathurst, Kap River District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (190 m)	call - bird-seen:yes	338116 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans lurio	David Moyer	2016-12-09	Mbatamila, Mecula, Niassa, Niassa (Mozambique) (600 m)	alarm call - On top of rock inselberg in low vegetation scolding me as I stood nearby. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	346564 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans	Lynette Rudman	2017-07-04	Port Alfred, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (110 m)	call - A small flock of about 4 seen and heard calling from shrubs on the roadside in the early morning. bird-seen:yes	379070 xeno-canto.org
Lazy Cisticola - Cisticola aberrans lurio	David Moyer	2016-12-10	Mbatamila, Mecula, Niassa, Niassa (Mozambique) (600 m)	song - On rock outcrop 150 meters above surrounding woodland. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	346562 xeno-canto.org

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