Chubb's Cisticola (Cisticola chubbi)
About the Chubb's Cisticola
Chubb's cisticola (Cisticola chubbi) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the Western High Plateau, the Albertine Rift montane forests and the East African montane forests. There are four subspecies: C. c. adametzi Reichenow, 1910 – southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon C. c. discolor Sjöstedt, 1893 – Mount Cameroon (southwest Cameroon) – brown-backed cisticola C. c. chubbi Sharpe, 1892 – eastern DR Congo to western Kenya C. c. marungensis Chapin, 1932 – Marungu highlands (southeastern DR Congo) It is territorial. It spends most of its time in dense vegetation.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 56 recordings for this species: 9 CC BY-NC-ND · 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
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- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chinianarecording
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythropsrecording
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantansrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.