Red-pate cisticola

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| name = Red-pate cisticola

| image = Red-pate Cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps).jpg

| image_caption = In Cameroon

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Cisticola ruficeps |volume=2016 |page=e.T22713344A94371868 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713344A94371868.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Cisticola ruficeps

| authority = (Cretzschmar, 1830)

| synonyms =

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The red-pate cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and swamps.