Coastal Cisticola
Cisticola haematocephalusCabanis, JL, 1868
English (US) Coastal Cisticola
The Coastal Cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: coastal southern Somalia to Kenya and northern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cisticola haematocephalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Coastal Cisticola
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1868
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cisticola haematocephala
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1868
- Type locality
- no locality; type, in Zoologisches Museum, Berlin, from Mombasa, Kenya, fide Lynes, 1930, Ibis, Cisticola Suppl., p. 635.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 16, no.96 p.412
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Cisticolas and Allies
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Tana River Cisticola
Cisticola restrictus
Churring Cisticola
Cisticola njombe
White-tailed Cisticola
Cisticola anderseni
Luapula Cisticola
Cisticola luapula
Chirping Cisticola
Cisticola pipiens
Ethiopian Cisticola
Cisticola lugubris
Winding Cisticola
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Rufous-winged Cisticola
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