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The lack of recent records from Burundi is evidenced by the fact that this is the last published record in the ABC Bulletin.

Three pairs of Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens were found in a marshy area 200 m south of the golf course in Bujumbura in September 1992. This first record for Burundi represents a northward movement of 800 km from the Ufipa Plateau in Tanzania, and 550 km from the nearest locality in Marungu Highlands in Zaire. A further three sites were located in Burundi in October 1992. This species was only added to the East Africa list in 1990.