{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{For|another bird also called tinkling cisticola|Levaillant's cisticola}} {{Speciesbox | name = Tinkling cisticola | image = Hunter's Cisticola - KenyaNH8O2433 (16698263634).jpg | image_caption = In Kenya | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Cisticola rufilatus'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22713365A94372287 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713365A94372287.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Cisticola rufilatus | authority = (Hartlaub, 1870) | synonyms = }}
The '''tinkling cisticola''' or '''grey cisticola''' ('''''Cisticola rufilatus''''') is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savannah.
Note that the name tinkling cisticola is also used as an alternative name for Levaillant's cisticola (''Cisticola tinniens'').
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * Tinkling cisticola - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/671.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].
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Category:Cisticola Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Birds described in 1870
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