Coastal cisticola

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Coastal cisticola
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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]

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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

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2017). "Cisticola haematocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T103776144A112875673. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103776144A112875673.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Ryan, Peter. "Coastal Cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Cisticola haematocephalus". Avibase.
  4. ↑ Gill, F.; Donsker, D. (2017). IOC World Bird List (v 7.3) (Report). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.7.3 . Retrieved 21 August 2017.


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