Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris) [XC305989]
by id from Gaysay Valley, Bale Mnts, Ethiopia (song)
Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris) [XC300126]
by Peter Boesman from Sanetti Plateau, Bale mountains, Ethiopia (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Winding 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 Winding Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes).