About the Black-backed Cisticola
The black-backed cisticola or black-necked cisticola is a species of passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae. 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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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Lynes's CisticolaCisticola distinctusLynes's cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficepsThe red-pate cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
Black-lored CisticolaCisticola nigrilorisThe black-lored cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
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