Biology:Coastal cisticola

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Short description: Species of bird

Coastal cisticola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. haematocephalus
Binomial name
Cisticola haematocephalus
Cabanis, 1868

The coastal cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus), also known as the umbabird, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found on the coastal plain of East Africa.[1][2]

Alternate common names are Mombasa black-backed cisticola.[3]

Taxonomy

The coastal cisticola is monotypic.[4] This taxon was split from the winding cisticola by the IOC and HBW, as were the rufous-winged cisticola, Luapula cisticola and Ethiopian cisticola. The Clements (2017) and Howard and Moore (2014) world lists consider these taxa as a single species, the winding cisticola C. galactotes (sensu lato).[3]

Distribution and habitat

This species is found on the coastal plain of East Africa between 5°N to 10°S (southern Somalia to north-eastern Tanzania).[2]

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

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q12255851 entry