Pectoral-patch cisticola

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| name = Pectoral-patch cisticola

| image = Pectoral_patch_cisticola2.jpg

| image_caption = Courting male, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Cisticola brunnescens |volume=2017 |page=e.T103776392A118730419 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103776392A118730419.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Cisticola brunnescens

| authority = Heuglin, 1862

| synonyms =

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The pectoral-patch cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the Adamawa Massif, Gabon, the Congo and highlands of East Africa. Its natural habitats are damp or wet areas in upland grassland.{{cite book|last1=Sinclair|first1=Ian|last2=Ryan|first2=Peter|title=Birds of Africa south of the Sahara|date=2003|publisher=Struik|location=Cape Town|isbn=9781868728572|page=510}}