Black-backed Cisticola - BirdForum Opus

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Cisticola eximius

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

• C. e. occidens:

• Southern Senegal to Sierra Leone, southern Mali and Nigeria

• C. e. winneba:

• Coastal Ghana (Winneba)

• C. e. eximius:

• Northern Zaire to Ethiopia, extreme western Kenya and southern Central African Republic

Habitat

Lowland grassland, dry, seasonally wet or flooded.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-backed Cisticola. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-backed_Cisticola

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