Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus)

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Photo by Zlatan Celebic

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Large cisticola, the only black-backed one in swampy areas throughout most of its range. Beside the black back, it sports rufous wing panel. Whitish underneath.

Habitat:

Relatively common bird in swamps and marshes of West and Central Africa, the distribution patchy. Here observed on bords of swampy and flooded ground in urban environment.