Coastal Cisticola - BirdForum Opus

Cisticola haematocephalus

Identification

12 cm
Upper side mainly buffy-grey with dark brown stripes on mantle and back, but unstriped rump. Wings brown with some reddish brown edges forming a wing panel. Tail is grey-brown with dark subterminal band. Underside including face mostly cream, crown is reddish brown.

Distribution

Africa: Coastal southern Somalia to Kenya and northern Tanzania

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Rufous-winged Cisticola, Coastal Cisticola, Ethiopian Cisticola, and Luapula Cisticola have all been treated as subspecies of Winding Cisticola in the past.

Habitat

Marshes to dry scrubs and edges of farmed areas.

Behaviour

Food consists of smaller invertebrates

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Ryan, P. (2020). Coastal Cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D.A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.wincis4.01

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Coastal Cisticola. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Coastal_Cisticola

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