coastal cisticola

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| name = Coastal cisticola

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Cisticola haematocephalus |volume=2017 |page=e.T103776144A112875673 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103776144A112875673.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Cisticola

| species = haematocephalus

| authority = Cabanis, 1868

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The coastal cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus), also known as the umbabird, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found on the coastal plain of East Africa.{{cite web|last1=Ryan|first1=Peter|title=Coastal Cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus)|url= http://www.hbw.com/node/58624|website=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive|publisher=Lynx Edicions|accessdate=21 August 2017|location=Barcelona|language=en}}

Alternate common names are Mombasa black-backed cisticola.{{avibase|E88C0B71|Cisticola haematocephalus}}

Taxonomy

The coastal cisticola is monotypic.{{cite report|last1=Gill|first1=F.|last2=Donsker|first2=D.|title=IOC World Bird List (v 7.3)|date=2017|doi=10.14344/IOC.ML.7.3|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/|accessdate=21 August 2017|doi-access=free}} This taxon was split from the winding cisticola by the IOC and HBW, as were the rufous-winged cisticola, Luapula cisticola and Ethiopian cisticola. The Clements (2017) and Howard and Moore (2014) world lists consider these taxa as a single species, the winding cisticola C. galactotes (sensu lato).

Distribution and habitat

This species is found on the coastal plain of East Africa between 5°N to 10°S (southern Somalia to north-eastern Tanzania).

Its natural habitats are tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.

References

External links

{{Commonscat-inline|Cisticola haematocephalus|Cisticola haematocephalus}}
{{Wikispecies-inline|Cisticola haematocephalus|Cisticola haematocephalus}}

coastal cisticola

Category:Birds of East Africa

coastal cisticola