Carruthers's Cisticola

Carruthers's CisticolaMales have a rich rusty head and nape, a dark softly mottled back with blackish edges, gray underparts, and a dark tail with white tips and bars. A 2006 survey recorded it as one of the most abundant species in three western Kenyan papyrus swamps.What does it look like?Lynes describes males with a rich rusty head and nape, dark softly mottled back edged in blackish, gray underparts and a dark tail with white tips and bars.How does it live?Males have a rich rusty head and nape, a dark softly mottled back with blackish edges, gray underparts, and a dark tail with white tips and bars. A 2006 survey recorded it as one of the most abundant species in three western Kenyan papyrus swamps.A 2006 study of Dunga, Koguta and Kusa papyrus swamps in western Kenya lists this as a papyrus specialist and among the most abundant specialist birds across sites.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.