Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Black-backed Cisticola (Cisticola eximius) - HBW 11, p. 463
French: Cisticole à dos noir
German: Schwarzhals-Zistensänger
Spanish: Cistícola Dorsinegro
Other common names: Black-necked Cisticola
Taxonomy: Drymoeca eximia Heuglin, 1869, Upper Gazelle River, Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan.
Closely allied to C. textrix and C. dambo. Birds in PRCongo, having golden-yellow crown and rump and different call, perhaps represent an undescribed race. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- occidens Lynes, 1930 - Senegal E patchily to Nigeria.
- winneba Lynes, 1931 - coastal Ghana.
- eximius (Heuglin, 1869) - locally in PRCongo, Central African Republic, N DRCongo, Sudan, NW Eritrea, NW Ethiopia, Uganda, extreme W Kenya and N Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult in breeding plumage
Locality Kabak Island, Kindia Region, Guinea (ssp occidens)
Nik Borrow 15 October 2011 1 year ago 4 -
adult in non-breeding plumage
Locality Poli, North Province, Cameroon (ssp occidens)
Nik Borrow 11 March 2008 3 years ago 3
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