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The desert cisticola (Cisticola aridulus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is present throughout much of Sub-Saharan Africa, although relatively absent from central and coastal western areas of the continent. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. In Kenya  it is found in Northern Kenyan deserts south to marsabit and Shaba, farther South, from elementaita, Hell's gate and Nairobi NPs, the Athi and Kapiti plains, Kajiado, Amboseli and Tsavo area.