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Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola
Cisticola [erythrops or lepe] (= Cisticola erythrops) (Hartlaub, KJG 1857)
The red-faced cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is widely present across Sub-Saharan Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Cisticolidae
Genus:
Cisticola
Scientific:
Cisticola erythrops
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Cisticolidae
Genus:
Cisticola
Scientific:
Cisticola erythrops
Original description
Citation:
(Hartlaub, KJG 1857)
Reference:
System Orn. Westafr.
Protonym:
Drymoeca erythrops
Type locality:
Calabar, Nigeria.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186138#page/132/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
47053A35E59D1965
Avibase ID:
avibase-47053A35
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/47053A35
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559327
Geographic range:
- Cisticola erythrops: lowland to montane damp shrub and tall grass, riparian thicket, and forest clearings, from southern Mauritania and Senegambia eastward to southwestern Sudan and Ethiopia, thence southward to western Angola and eastern South Africa
- Cisticola erythrops erythrops: Senegambia to Central African Republic
- Cisticola erythrops sylvia: northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southwestern South Sudan to Kenya and central Tanzania
- Cisticola erythrops nyasa: far southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southern Tanzania, northern Botswana, and KwaZulu-Natal
- Cisticola erythrops pyrrhomitra: southeastern South Sudan and Ethiopia
- Cisticola erythrops niloticus: southeastern Sudan (upper Blue Nile) and adjacent western Ethiopia
- Cisticola erythrops lepe: Angola
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Source: Clements checklist
Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola
French:
Cisticole à face rousse ou C. de Lepi
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola ( Cisticola [erythrops or lepe]) |
| Avilist 2025: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cisticole à face rousse ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Red-faced Cisticola ( Cisticola erythrops) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Rooiwangtinktinkie
Bulgarian: Червенолика цистикола
Catalan: cistícola de cara vermella
Czech: Cistovník rezavolící
Danish: Rødmasket Cisticola
German: Rotgesicht-Cistensänger, Rotgesicht-Zistensänger
English: Redfaced Cisticola, Red-faced Cisticola, Red-faced or Lepe Cisticola
English (Avilist): Red-faced Cisticola
English, HBW: Red-faced Cisticola
English (IOC): Red-faced Cisticola
English (Kenya): Red-faced Cisticola
English (United States): Red-faced Cisticola
Esperanto: ruĝmaska cistikolo, Ruĝvizaĝa cistikolo
Spanish: Buitrón de Cara Roja, Cistícola Carirrojo
Spanish (Spain): Cistícola Carirrojo
Spanish (HBW): Red-faced Cisticola
Finnish: punaposkiheinäkerttu, punaposkiherttu, Punaposkikerttu
French: Cisticole à face rousse, Cisticole à face rousse ou C. de Lepi
French (Guyane): Cisticole à face rousse
Croatian: riđolica šivalica
Hungarian: vörösképű szuharbújó
Italian: Beccamoschino facciarossa, Cisticola facciarossa
Japanese (romaji): akagaomumonsekka, akagaosekka
Japanese: アカガオセッカ, アカガオムモンセッカ
Kwangali: Harudeve
Scientific: Cisticola [erythrops or lepe], Cisticola erythrops, Cisticola erythrops erythrops, Drymoeca erythrops
Lithuanian: Rusvaveidė cistikola
Dutch: Roodmaskergraszanger, Roodmasker-graszanger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudmaskegrassongar
Norwegian: Rødmaskegressanger
Polish: chwastówka rdzawolica
Portuguese: Fuinha-de-faces-vermelhas
Portuguese (Angola): Fuinha-de-faces-vermelhas
Portuguese (Portugal): fuinha-de-faces-ruivas
Russian: Краснолицая цистикола
Slovak: cistovník červenolíci
Shona: Timba
Serbian: Crvenolika šivačica
Swedish: Rödhättad grässångare, rostkindad cistikola
Swahili: Kidenenda Uso-mwekundu
Turkish: Al yüzlü yelpazekuyruk
Ukrainian: Таміка рудощока
Chinese: 红脸扇尾莺
Chinese (Traditional): 紅臉扇尾鶯
Zulu: uncedobomvu
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