Cisticolas and Allies
Cisticolidae
The family Cisticolidae is a group of about 160 warblers, small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They were formerly included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae.
This family probably originated in Africa, which has the majority of species, but there are representatives of the family across tropical Asia into Australasia, and one species, the zitting cisticola, breeds in Europe.
26 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 164 known species
Prinias
genusPrinia
Cisticolas
genusCisticola
Typical Tailorbirds
genusOrthotomus
Apalises
genusApalis
Camaropteras
genusCamaroptera
Eremomelas
genusEremomela
Typical Jeries
genusNeomixis
Malcorus
genusMalcorus
Wren-Warblers
genusCalamonastes
Phyllolais
genusPhyllolais
Eminia
genusEminia
Sierra Leone and White-chinned Prinias
genusSchistolais
Spiloptila
genusSpiloptila
Hypergerus
genusHypergerus
Phragmacia
genusPhragmacia
Euryptila
genusEuryptila
Black-collared and Ruwenzori Apalises
genusOreolais
Rufous Warblers
genusBathmocercus
Forest Warblers
genusArtisornis
Drymocichla
genusDrymocichla
Scepomycter
genusScepomycter
Incana
genusIncana
Oreophilais
genusOreophilais
Plumed Warblers
genusMicromacronus
Urolais
genusUrolais
Poliolais
genusPoliolais
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7649.