Winding Cisticola
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: 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). The Clements list (2017) recognizes 11 subspecies. == Habitat == Its natural habitats are tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps. == Gallery ==
Arusha National Park
Tanzania
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where the volcanic slopes of Mount Meru rise dramatically from Tanzania’s northern highlands, a landscape of extraordinary ecological diversity unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRubondo Island National Park
Tanzania
+84 birds+14 mammals
Dawn breaks over Lake Victoria’s southwestern waters, revealing a primordial landscape where dense tropical forest cascades toward pristine shorelines. This […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAmboseli National Park
Etonet/Lenkism ward, Kenya
+124 birds+30 mammals
Dawn breaks over a vast volcanic plain where Mount Kilimanjaro dominates the horizon, its snow-capped peak floating above the Tanzanian […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKilimanjaro National Park
Kenya
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where Africa’s tallest mountain rises in solitary majesty, moorland grasslands give way to dense montane forests draped in moss and […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKitulo National Park
Tanzania
+94 birds+15 mammals
Where the Southern Highlands of Tanzania rise above the clouds, rolling montane grasslands sweep across a landscape sculpted by water […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNgorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where the East African plateau drops away into a vast amphitheatre of volcanic splendour, a 600-square-kilometre caldera cradles one of […]
VIEW WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAMabamba Swamp
Memere, Uganda
150+ birds
Where papyrus stands shoulder-high and water mirrors an infinite sky, one of Africa’s most biodiverse wetland systems unfolds across 283 […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEZiwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
Nakasongola, Uganda
+131 birds+17 mammals
Where papyrus wetlands merge into sprawling savanna, Uganda’s central landscape opens into one of East Africa’s most vital rhino recovery […]
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