Winding cisticola
The winding cisticola 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:C. m. amphilectus Reichenow, 1875 Mauritania and Senegal to Ghana, south-western Cameroon and north-western AngolaC. m. zalingei Lynes, 1930 northern Nigeria to western SudanC. m. marginatus southern Sudan and northern UgandaC. m. nyansae Neumann, 1905 central DRCongo to Uganda and KenyaC. m. suahelicus Neumann, 1905 south-eastern DRCongo, Tanzania and north-eastern ZambiaThe Clements Checklist of Birds of the World|Clements] list and the Howard and Moore list lump the rufous-winged cisticola, Luapula cisticola, coastal cisticola and Ethiopian cisticola with the above subspecies as the winding cisticola Cisticola galactotes . The Clements list recognizes 11 subspecies.