Neddicky

The neddicky, or piping cisticola (Cisticola fulvicapilla), is a small passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae, which is native to Africa, southwards of the equator. Its strongholds are the light woodlands and shrublands of the subtropics and temperate regions of southern Africa. The common name, neddicky, is the Afrikaans name for the species. == Taxonomy == The neddicky was described by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817 and given the binomial name Sylvia fulvicapilla. The specific epithet combines the Latin words fulvus "tawny" and -capillus "capped". The type locality is Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The species is now placed in the genus Cisticola which was erected by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829. Nine subspecies are recognised: C. f. dispar Sousa, 1887 – southeast Gabon to northwest Zambia and central Angola C. f. muelleri Alexander, 1899 – central Zambia to Mozambique and northeast Zimbabwe C. f. hallae Benson, 1955 – south Angola and northeast Namibia to west Zimbabwe C. f. dexter Clancey, 1971 – southeast Botswana to central Zimbabwe and inland northeast South Africa C. f. ruficapilla (Smith, A., 1842) – central South Africa C. f. lebombo (Roberts, 1936) – south…