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Black backed cisticola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Cisticola

Higher classification
  
Cisticola

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cisticolidae

Scientific name
  
Cisticola eximius

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Dorst's cisticola, Black‑tailed cisticola, Red‑pate cisticola, Dambo cisticola, Pectoral‑patch cisticola

The black-backed cisticola or black-necked cisticola (Cisticola eximius) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

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Black-backed cisticola Wikipedia