Rufous-winged cisticola


The rufous-winged cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found on the east coast of southern Africa.

Taxonomy

The rufous-winged cisticola has two subspecies:
This taxon was split from the winding cisticola by the and HBW, as were the Luapula cisticola, coastal cisticola and Ethiopian cisticola. The Clements and Howard and Moore world lists consider these taxa as a single species, the winding cisticola C. galactotes.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.