Winding cisticola
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The winding cisticola (Cisticola marginatus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It has a scattered distribution across Africa south of the Sahara, and north of 11°S.
Taxonomy
The winding cisticola has several subspecies:[1][2][3]
- C. m. amphilectus Reichenow, 1875 Mauritania and Senegal to Ghana, south-western Cameroon and north-western Angola
- C. m. zalingei Lynes, 1930 northern Nigeria to western Sudan
- C. m. marginatus (Heuglin, 1869) southern Sudan and northern Uganda
- C. m. nyansae Neumann, 1905 central DRCongo to Uganda and Kenya
- C. m. suahelicus Neumann, 1905 south-eastern DRCongo, Tanzania and north-eastern Zambia
The Clements list (2017) and the Howard and Moore list (2014) lump the rufous-winged cisticola, Luapula cisticola, coastal cisticola and Ethiopian cisticola with the above subspecies as the winding cisticola Cisticola galactotes (sensu lato).[3] The Clements list (2017) recognizes 11 subspecies.[4]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.
Gallery
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Cisticola marginatus illustrated by Keulemans
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Lake Navasha Country Club - Kenya
References
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