Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Cisticolidae > Cisticola > Cisticola carruthersiCisticola carruthersi (Carruthers's Cisticola)The Carruthers's cisticola (Cisticola carruthersi) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.Its natural habitat is swamps. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.22017 EDGE Score: 1.65253 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 11.5 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 100 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 40 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 40 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 3 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Albertine Rift montane forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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East African montane forests |
Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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East Sudanian savanna |
Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northeastern Congolian lowland forests |
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic |
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Akagera National Park |
Rwanda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Akanyaru wetlands |
Rwanda |
A1, A3 |
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dunga swamp |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Itombwe Mountains |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kagera swamps |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Koguta swamp |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Kusa swamp |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Kyambura Wildlife Reserve |
Uganda |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Bisina |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lake Mburo National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lake Nakuwa |
Uganda |
A1, A3 |
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Lendu Plateau |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lutembe Bay |
Uganda |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Mabamba Bay |
Uganda |
A1, A3 |
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Mabira Forest Reserve |
Uganda |
A1, A3 |
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Minziro Forest Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Nabugabo wetland |
Uganda |
A1, A3 |
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Nyabarongo wetlands |
Rwanda |
A1, A3 |
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Nyamuriro swamp |
Uganda |
A1, A3 |
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Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake George |
Uganda |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Rugezi Marsh |
Rwanda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ruvubu National Park |
Burundi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Rwihinda Lake Managed Nature Reserve |
Burundi |
A1, A3 |
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Semliki National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sio Port swamp |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Yala swamp complex |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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