Cisticolas
Cisticola
Cisticolas (pronounced sis-TIC-olas) are a genus of very small insectivorous birds formerly classified in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, but now usually considered to be in the separate family Cisticolidae, along with other southern warbler genera. They are believed to be quite closely related to the swallows and martins, the bulbuls and the white-eyes. The genus contains about 45 species, of which only two are not found in Africa: one in Madagascar and the other...
53 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 53 known species
Zitting Cisticola
speciesCisticola juncidis
Golden-headed Cisticola
speciesCisticola exilis
Levaillant's Cisticola
speciesCisticola tinniens
Rattling Cisticola
speciesCisticola chiniana
Piping Cisticola
speciesCisticola fulvicapilla
Grey-backed Cisticola
speciesCisticola subruficapilla
Croaking Cisticola
speciesCisticola natalensis
Winding Cisticola
speciesCisticola marginatus
Rock-loving Cisticola
speciesCisticola aberrans
Red-faced Cisticola
speciesCisticola erythrops
Desert Cisticola
speciesCisticola aridulus
Wailing Cisticola
speciesCisticola lais
Singing Cisticola
speciesCisticola cantans
Rufous-winged Cisticola
speciesCisticola galactotes
Hunter's Cisticola
speciesCisticola hunteri
Madagascar Cisticola
speciesCisticola cherina
Chubb's Cisticola
speciesCisticola chubbi
Siffling Cisticola
speciesCisticola brachypterus
Cloud Cisticola
speciesCisticola textrix
Chattering Cisticola
speciesCisticola anonymus
Stout Cisticola
speciesCisticola robustus
Whistling Cisticola
speciesCisticola lateralis
Wing-snapping Cisticola
speciesCisticola ayresii
Pale-crowned Cisticola
speciesCisticola cinnamomeus
Ethiopian Cisticola
speciesCisticola lugubris
Trilling Cisticola
speciesCisticola woosnami
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
speciesCisticola brunnescens
Ashy Cisticola
speciesCisticola cinereolus
Chirping Cisticola
speciesCisticola pipiens
Luapula Cisticola
speciesCisticola luapula
Tinkling Cisticola
speciesCisticola rufilatus
Carruthers's Cisticola
speciesCisticola carruthersi
Foxy Cisticola
speciesCisticola troglodytes
Red-pate Cisticola
speciesCisticola ruficeps
Dorst's Cisticola
speciesCisticola guinea
Coastal Cisticola
speciesCisticola haematocephalus
Boran Cisticola
speciesCisticola bodessa
Tabora Cisticola
speciesCisticola angusticauda
Tiny Cisticola
speciesCisticola nana
Churring Cisticola
speciesCisticola njombe
Rufous Cisticola
speciesCisticola rufus
Bubbling Cisticola
speciesCisticola bulliens
Lynes's Cisticola
speciesCisticola distinctus
Black-backed Cisticola
speciesCisticola eximius
Black-lored Cisticola
speciesCisticola nigriloris
Aberdare Cisticola
speciesCisticola aberdare
Kilombero Cisticola
speciesCisticola bakerorum
White-tailed Cisticola
speciesCisticola anderseni
Dambo Cisticola
speciesCisticola dambo
Socotra Cisticola
speciesCisticola haesitatus
Huambo cisticola
speciesCisticola bailunduensis
Slender-tailed Cisticola
speciesCisticola melanurus
Tana River Cisticola
speciesCisticola restrictus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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