Birds of the World


Aberdare Cisticola (Cisticola aberdare) Vulnerable Range: AF: Kenya Aberdare NP, Kenya
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Lazy Cisticola (Cisticola aberrans) Range: AF: se, e Western Cape, South Africa
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White-tailed Cisticola (Cisticola anderseni) Near Threatened Range: AF: c Tanzania (Kilombero floodplain) Ifakara, Tanzania
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Long-tailed Cisticola (Cisticola angusticauda) Range: AF: s Uganda and sw Kenya through Tanzania and Zambia to w Angola to se DR Congo Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
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Chattering Cisticola (Cisticola anonymus) Range: AF: s Nigeria to e DR Congo and nw Angola


Desert Cisticola (Cisticola aridulus aridulus) Range: AF: widespread Mbacké, Senegal
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Wing-snapping Cisticola (Cisticola ayresii ayresii) Range: AF: c, s Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa
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Wing-snapping Cisticola (Cisticola ayresii ayresii) Range: AF: c, s Chitunta Plain, Zambia The 'ayresii' subspecies has a red cap.
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Note short white-tipped tail. Cap may be rufous or streaked black (HBW).

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Kilombero Cisticola (Cisticola bakerorum) Vulnerable Range: AF: c Tanzania (Kilombero floodplain)


Boran Cisticola (Cisticola bodessa) Range: AF: ne Negele, Ethiopia
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Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus) Range: AF: widespread Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Pectoral-patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens) Range: AF: c, e, s Mbingo, Cameroon
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Pectoral-patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens brunnescens) Range: AF: c, e, s Liben Plains, Ethiopia
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Bubbling Cisticola (Cisticola bulliens) Range: AF: wc


Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans belli) Range: AF: w, c, se Soroti, Uganda
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Carruthers's Cisticola (Cisticola carruthersi) Range: AF: e DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and w Kenya Dunga Point, Kisumu, Kenya
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Carruthers's Cisticola (Cisticola carruthersi) Range: AF: e DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and w Kenya Nyamuliro, Uganda
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Madagascar Cisticola (Cisticola cherina) Range: AF: Malagasy region: Cosmoledo and Astove (se Aldabra group, sw Seychelles), Iles Glorieuses (nw of Madagascar) and Madagascar Sacred Lake, Madagascar
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Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana) Range: AF: c, e, s Soysambu Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya
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Note black band and light tip and end of tail.


Chubb's Cisticola (Cisticola chubbi) Range: AF: ec Nyamuliro, Uganda
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Also called Brown-backed Cisticola. Note brown back.

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Ashy Cisticola (Cisticola cinereolus) Range: AF: ne

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Pale-crowned Cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus) Range: AF: sc, s


Dambo Cisticola (Cisticola dambo dambo) Range: AF: c Nchila Wildlife Reserve, Zambia
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Lynes's Cisticola (Cisticola distinctus) Range: AF: Uganda, Kenya Naivasha, Kenya
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Rock-loving Cisticola (Cisticola emini) Range: AF: w, c Poli, Cameroon
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Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops nyasa) Range: AF: widespread Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis) Range: OR, AU: sw India to se China, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia and Bismarck Arch. Point Wilson, Victoria, Australia
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Black-backed Cisticola (Cisticola eximius eximius) Range: AF: e, c, w Lolgorien, Rift Valley, Kenya
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Neddicky (Cisticola fulvicapilla) Range: AF: c, s Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
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A tiny cisticola that stays close to the ground. Note plain back/wings, and grey chest/belly.

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Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes) Range: AF: s


Dorst's Cisticola (Cisticola guinea) Range: AF: Gambia and Senegal to Togo, c Nigeria and n Cameroon Poli, Cameroon
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Coastal Cisticola (Cisticola haematocephalus) Range: AF: coastal Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania

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Socotra Cisticola (Cisticola haesitatus) Range: AF: Socotra


Hunter's Cisticola (Cisticola hunteri) Range: AF: e Uganda, sw Kenya and n Tanzania Ngorongoro, Tanzania
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Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis cisticola) Range: PAL, AF, OR, AU: sw Europe, Africa through s Asia to e China, Japan, Philippines, Wallacea and n, e Australia Andalucía, Spain
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Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis uropygialis) Range: PAL, AF, OR, AU: sw Europe, Africa through s Asia to e China, Japan, Philippines, Wallacea and n, e Australia Kenya
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Wailing Cisticola (Cisticola lais) Range: AF: s South Africa
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Whistling Cisticola (Cisticola lateralis) Range: AF: w, c

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Luapula Cisticola (Cisticola luapula) Range: AF: Angola and Namibia to Zambia and Zimbabwe


Ethiopian Cisticola (Cisticola lugubris) Range: AF: Ethiopia and Eritrea Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
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Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus nyansae) Range: AF: w, c, interior e Amboseli National Park, Kenya
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Black-tailed Cisticola (Cisticola melanurus) Range: AF: sw DR Congo and n Angola


Tiny Cisticola (Cisticola nana) Range: AF: n Uganda, Ethiopia and w Somalia through Kenya and ne Tanzania Yabello, Ethiopia
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Croaking Cisticola (Cisticola natalensis strangei) Range: AF: widespread Mara, Kenya
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Black-lored Cisticola (Cisticola nigriloris) Range: AF: s Tanzania, ne Zambia and n Malawi


Churring Cisticola (Cisticola njombe mariae) Range: AF: se Nyika National Park, Malawi
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Chirping Cisticola (Cisticola pipiens) Range: AF: wc

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Tana River Cisticola (Cisticola restrictus) Range: AF: Kenya


Stout Cisticola (Cisticola robustus nuchalis) Range: AF: e Mara, Kenya
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Note smaller size, short tail and plain nuchal collar compared to other cisticolas (HBW).


Red-pate Cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps ruficeps) Range: AF: e, c, w Mora, Cameroon
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Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus rufilatus) Range: AF: ec, s Botswana
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Rufous Cisticola (Cisticola rufus) Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia to Cameroon and w Central African Republic Poli, Cameroon
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Grey-backed Cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla) Range: AF: sw South Africa
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Cloud Cisticola (Cisticola textrix) Range: AF: s Ezemvelo Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa
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Levaillant's Cisticola (Cisticola tinniens) Range: AF: ec, s Western Cape, South Africa
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Common in wetlands.


Foxy Cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes troglodytes) Range: AF: c, e Butiaba Escarpment, Uganda
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Foxy Cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes ferrugineus) Range: AF: c, e Jemma Valley, Ethiopia
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Trilling Cisticola (Cisticola woosnami lufira) Range: AF: ec Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Trilling Cisticola (Cisticola woosnami woosnami) Range: AF: ec Arusha National Park, Tanzania
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