Wailing cisticola

The wailing cisticola (Cisticola lais) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

Wailing cisticola
In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Song recorded in Royal Natal National Park, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Cisticola
Species:	C. lais
Binomial name
Cisticola lais (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870)

Lynes's cisticola of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of this species.^[2]

The appearance of their eggs varies widely; they can be white, pale blue, spotted, or streaked.^[3]