Coastal Cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus) [XC621874]
by Thibaut Chansac from Dar es Salaam, Kinondoni, Dar es Salam, Tanzania (call)
Coastal Cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus) [XC895927]
by Peter Boesman from Nyerere Np, Rufiji, Pwani Region, Tanzania (call, display song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), Luapula Cisticola (Cisticola luapula), Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus) and Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris) and all often treated as conspecific, but separated on basis of vocal and plumage differences. Further research, using genetic markers, is required.