Black-backed Cisticola
Cisticola eximius (Heuglin, 1869)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The black-backed cisticola or black-necked cisticola (Cisticola eximius) 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.
Wikipedia contributors, Black-backed cisticola; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:53:01.676044+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cisticola eximius (Heuglin, 1869)
- Name authority
- (Heuglin, 1869)
- Common name
- Black-backed Cisticola
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Genus
- Cisticola
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCisticolidae Sundevall, 1872
- genusCisticola Kaup, 1829
- speciesCisticola eximius (Heuglin, 1869)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cisticola. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cisticola guinea Lynes, 1930 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Socotra CisticolaCisticola haesitatus (P. L. Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chubb's CisticolaCisticola chubbi Sharpe, 1892 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cisticola lugubris (Rüppell, 1840) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes (Temminck, 1821) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cisticola haematocephalus Cabanis, 1868 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hunter's CisticolaCisticola hunteri Shelley, 1889 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola emini Reichenow, 1892 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis (Fraser, 1843) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cisticola chiniana (A. Smith, 1843) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy CisticolaCisticola cinereolus Salvadori, 1888 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=559329 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5YWF9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.