The Luapula cisticola (''Cisticola luapula'') is a species of

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in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in south-central Africa.

Taxonomy

The Luapula cisticola is monotypic. This taxon was split from the

winding cisticola The winding cisticola (''Cisticola marginatus'') is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It has a scattered distribution across Africa south of the Sahara, and north of 11°S. Taxonomy The winding cisticola has several subspecies: * '' ...

by the

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and HBW, as were the

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. Taxonomy The rufous-winged cisticola has two subspecies: * ''C. g. isodactylus'' Peters, ...

coastal cisticola 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. Alternate common names are Mombasa black-backed cisticola. Taxo ...

and

Ethiopian cisticola The Ethiopian cisticola (''Cisticola lugubris'') is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in south-central Africa. Alternate common names are Abyssinian black-backed cisticola, and winding cisticola (Ethiopian) (eBird). Tax ...

. The

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(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 in eastern Angola, Lake Mweru (south-eastern

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), Zambia, northern and north-eastern Namibia, northern Botswana and north-western Zimbabwe. Its natural

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s are tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland

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and

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References

External links

* * * Black-backed cisticola (A pre-split name for Luapula and Rufous-winged cisticola)
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
Luapula cisticola Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa Luapula cisticola {{Cisticolidae-stub