Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris)

Other Names (World)
Ethiopian Cisticola, Abyssinian Black-backed Cisticola, Winding Cisticola

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(R�ppell, 1840)

Range (Guide)

Eritrea, Ethiopia.

Highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris) [XC210040]
by Andrew Spencer from Lake Ziway, Ethiopia (song)

Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris) [XC300127]
by Hans Matheve from Road from Goba to Sof Omar, Ethiopia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), Luapula Cisticola (Cisticola luapula), Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus) and Coastal Cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus) and all often treated as conspecific, but separated on basis of vocal and plumage differences. Further research, using genetic markers, is required.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes).

No subspecies.

References
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