Abstract Song is an important mechanism in reproductive isolation in birds, and geographic variation in songs can lead to the formation of pre-mating barriers and isolation between populations – the first steps in speciation. In this study, acoustic variation was analysed in the Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis. Through an analysis of song from across the species’ Afric

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