Coastal cisticola

The coastal cisticola, 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.

Taxonomy

The coastal cisticola is monotypic. This taxon was split from the winding cisticola by the IOC and HBW, as were the rufous-winged cisticola, Luapula cisticola and Ethiopian cisticola. The Clements and Howard and Moore world lists consider these taxa as a single species, the winding cisticola C. galactotes .

Distribution and habitat

This species is found on the coastal plain of East Africa between 5°N to 10°S.
Its natural habitats are tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.