Winding cisticola | |
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Cisticola marginatus amphilectus in Angola | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cisticolidae |
Genus: | Cisticola |
Species: | C. marginatus
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Binomial name | |
Cisticola marginatus (Heuglin, 1869)
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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.
The winding cisticola has several subspecies: [2] [3] [4]
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]
Its natural habitats are tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.
Winding cisticola | |
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Cisticola marginatus amphilectus in Angola | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cisticolidae |
Genus: | Cisticola |
Species: | C. marginatus
|
Binomial name | |
Cisticola marginatus (Heuglin, 1869)
|
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.
The winding cisticola has several subspecies: [2] [3] [4]
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]
Its natural habitats are tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.