Rufous-winged cisticola

The rufous-winged cisticola (Cisticola galactotes) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found on the east coast of southern Africa.[1][2]

Rufous-winged cisticola
C. g. isodactylus in Mozambique
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. galactotes
Binomial name
Cisticola galactotes
(Temminck, 1821)

Taxonomy

The rufous-winged cisticola has two subspecies:[3]

  • C. g. isodactylus Peters, W, 1868 from southern Malawi, south-eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique; and
  • C. g. galactotes (Temminck, 1821) from southern Mozambique and eastern South Africa.

This taxon was split from the winding cisticola by the IOC and HBW, as were the Luapula cisticola, coastal 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).[4]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

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

References
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Cisticola galactotes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103776048A112875955. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103776048A112875955.en.
  2. Ryan, Peter. "Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. Gill, F.; Donsker, D. (2017). "IOC World Bird List (v 7.3)". doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.7.3. Retrieved 21 August 2017. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Cisticola galactotes". Avibase.


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