Winding cisticola

Winding cisticola
Cisticola marginatus amphilectus in Angola
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Cisticola
Species:	C. marginatus
Binomial name
Cisticola marginatus (Heuglin, 1869)

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

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  Cisticola marginatus illustrated by Keulemans
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  Eggs of Cisticola marginatus amphilectus
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  Lake Navasha Country Club - Kenya

References

1. 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.
2. Gill, F.; Donsker, D. "IOC World Bird List". International Ornithological Union. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
3. Ryan, Peter (2017). "Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
4. "Cisticola marginatus". Avibase.
5. "Clements Checklist". www.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

External links

• Media related to Cisticola marginatus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cisticola marginatus at Wikispecies