Cisticola fulvicapilla known as the
Neddicky (derived from the Afrikaans name for the species), is a resident breeder in most of South Africa excluding the driest parts in the west.
The length of the tail is intermediate; not as short as that of the “short-tailed” species, but shorter than the “long-tailed" cisticolas.
The call of the Neddicky is a monotonous, penetrating, repetitive weep, weep, weep. The alarm call is a loud clicking tictictictic, like a fingernail running across the teeth of a comb.
It builds a ball-shaped nest with a side entrance from dry grass, cobwebs and felted plant down. The nest is placed low in a thorny shrub, or in thick grass. In South Africa, this bird breeds mainly from September to March.
The Neddicky is usually seen alone or in pairs, darting about in a bush or in the grass at the base of a tree as it forages for small insects.
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