Winding cisticola
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C. galactotes
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| Cisticola galactotes (Temminck, 1821)
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The winding cisticola (Cisticola galactotes) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It has a scattered distribution across Africa south of the Sahara.
Alternate common names are rufous-winged cisticola[2] and greater black-backed cisticola.[1]
Taxonomy
The winding cisticola has numerous subspecies which are sometimes grouped into five separate species:[2]
- Rufous-winged cisticola (C. galactotes): south-east Africa
- Winding cisticola (C. marginatus): fairly widespread across west, central and east Africa
- Coastal cisticola (C. haematocephalus) : Tanzania, Kenya and Somalia
- Ethiopian cisticola (C. lugubris): Ethiopia and Eritrea
- Luapula cisticola (C. luapula): south-central Africa
Distribution and habitat
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.
References
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- Sinclair, Ian & Peter Ryan (2003) Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, Struik, Cape Town.
External links
- Winding cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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- Birds of Burkina Faso
- Birds of Burundi
- Birds of Cameroon
- Birds of the Central African Republic
- Birds of Chad
- Birds of the Republic of the Congo
- Birds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Birds of Ivory Coast
- Birds of Eritrea
- Birds of Ethiopia
- Birds of Gabon
- Birds of the Gambia
- Birds of Ghana
- Birds of Guinea
- Birds of Guinea-Bissau
- Birds of Kenya
- Birds of Malawi
- Birds of Mali
- Birds of Mauritania
- Birds of Mozambique
- Birds of Namibia
- Birds of Niger
- Birds of Nigeria
- Birds of Rwanda
- Birds of Senegal
- Birds of Sierra Leone
- Birds of Somalia
- Birds of South Africa
- Birds of Sudan
- Birds of Tanzania
- Birds of Togo
- Birds of Uganda
- Birds of Zambia
- Birds of Zimbabwe
- Animals described in 1821
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