Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Cisticola marginatus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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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

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.