Biology:Luapula cisticola

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Short description: Species of bird

Luapula cisticola
Luapula Cisticola.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. luapula
Binomial name
Cisticola luapula
Lynes, 1933

The Luapula cisticola (Cisticola luapula) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in south-central Africa.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The Luapula cisticola is monotypic.[3] This taxon was split from the winding cisticola by the IOC and HBW, as were the rufous-winged cisticola, coastal 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).[4]

Distribution and habitat

This species is found in eastern Angola, Lake Mweru (south-eastern DRC), Zambia, northern and north-eastern Namibia, northern Botswana and north-western Zimbabwe.[2]

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

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q12255852 entry