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Coastal Cisticola
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Coastal Cisticola
Cisticola haematocephalus
The coastal cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus), also known as the umbabird, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found on the coastal plain of East Africa.
Alternate common names are Mombasa black-backed cisticola.
From the article Coastal cisticola on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
This species is found on the coastal plain of East Africa between 5°N to 10°S (southern Somalia to north-eastern Tanzania). Its natural habitats are tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 980076.