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Winding cisticola

Winding cisticola

Species of bird

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.

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Taxonomy

The winding cisticola has several subspecies:[2][3][4]

  • 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).[4] The Clements list (2017) recognizes 11 subspecies.[5]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.

  • Cisticola marginatus illustrated by Keulemans
  • Eggs of Cisticola marginatus amphilectus
  • Lake Navasha Country Club - Kenya

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International 2017. Cisticola marginatus (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103776094A118723725. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103776094A118723725.en. Downloaded on 19 August 2019.
  2. [2]
    Gill, F.; Donsker, D. "IOC World Bird List". International Ornithological Union. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. [3]
    Ryan, Peter (2017). "Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Cisticola marginatus". Avibase.
  5. [5]
    "Clements Checklist". www.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 21 August 2017.


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