Biology:Winding cisticola
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Short description: Species of bird
| Winding cisticola | |
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| Cisticola marginatus amphilectus in Angola | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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.
Gallery
Cisticola marginatus illustrated by Keulemans
Eggs of Cisticola marginatus amphilectus
Lake Navasha Country Club - Kenya
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.. "IOC World Bird List". International Ornithological Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/grassbirds/. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ↑ Ryan, Peter (2017). "Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al. (in en). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. http://www.hbw.com/node/58622. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Cisticola marginatus". Avibase. https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=1DA06308.
- ↑ "Clements Checklist" (in en). http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q12255855 entry
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