Winding Cisticola

Cisticola marginatus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
Genus
Cisticola
eBird Code
wincis3

Vocalizations

Tommy Andriollo · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (5)

  • Cisticola marginatus amphilectus

    Senegal to Ghana, coastal Nigeria, and western Congo basin

  • Cisticola marginatus marginatus

    central Sudan (White Nile Valley), South Sudan, western Ethiopia, and northern Uganda

  • Cisticola marginatus nyansae

    central and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda and western Kenya

  • Cisticola marginatus suahelicus

    central Tanzania to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique

  • Cisticola marginatus zalingei

    northern Nigeria eastward to southwestern Sudan

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.