PROFILBARU.COM

Luapula cisticola
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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

^ ^a ^b BirdLife International (2017). "Cisticola luapula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103776172A118724557. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103776172A118724557.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Ryan, Peter. "Luapula Cisticola (Cisticola luapula)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela. "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas, allies". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
^ "Cisticola luapula". Avibase.

External links

Media related to Cisticola luapula at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cisticola luapula at Wikispecies
Black-backed cisticola (A pre-split name for Luapula and Rufous-winged cisticola) - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.