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Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Cisticola

Black-backed Cisticola

Cisticola eximius

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blncis1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola

Subspecies (3)

Cisticola eximius eximius

northern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ethiopia, far western Kenya, and southern Central African Republic
Cisticola eximius occidens

southern Senegal to Sierra Leone, southern Mali, and Nigeria
Cisticola eximius winneba

coastal Ghana (Winneba)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blncis1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.