Winding Cisticola
Cisticola marginatus(Heuglin, MT, 1869)
English (US) Winding Cisticola
The Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Cisticola marginatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Winding Cisticola
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1869)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Cisticola marginatus amphilectus
- Cisticola marginatus zalingei
- Cisticola marginatus marginatus
- Cisticola marginatus nyansae
- Cisticola marginatus suahelicus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Drymoeca marginata
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1869)
- Type locality
- upper Abyad (= White Nile) and Gazelle River (= Bahr al Ghazal), and lower Bahr al Jebel (= White Nile). Type, in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, from upper White Nile ca. lat. 7°-9° N., fide Lynes, 1930, Ibis, Cisticola Suppl., p. 645.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.2, vol.5, no.17 p.94-95, pl. I, fig. 1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Chirping Cisticola
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Stout Cisticola
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