Golden-headed Cisticola

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When to see the Golden-headed Cisticola

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden-headed Cisticola

The map shades 15 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Bangladesh.

About the Golden-headed Cisticola

The golden-headed cisticola, also known as the bright-capped cisticola, is a species of warbler in the family Cisticolidae, found in Australia and thirteen Asian countries. Growing to 9–11.5 cm (3.5–4.5 in) long, it is usually brown and cream in colour, but has a different appearance during the mating season, with a gold-coloured body and a much shorter tail. It is an omnivore and frequently makes a variety of vocalizations. Known as the "finest tailor of all birds", it constructs nests out of plants and spider threads. It mates in the rainy season. It has a very large range and population, which is thought to be increasing.

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Easily confused with

Rattling CisticolaCisticola chinianaThe rattling cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae which is native to Africa south of the equator, and parts of East Africa. NeddickyCisticola fulvicapillaThe neddicky is a small, vocal, dull-coloured brown bird, 11 cm in length. Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniensLevaillant's cisticola is a small, 12–15 cm long, dull-coloured bird with a longish tail and a reddish cap.

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