Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesWetlandDomed nestTiny · 13 g

Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), photo 1 — Photo: Eric Gropp from USA · CC BY 2.0

Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), photo 2 — Photo: Nicolas Huet / Jean Gabriel Prêtre · Public domain

Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), photo 3 — Photo: Ron Knight · CC BY 2.0

Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), photo 4 — Photo: (c) scaup, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), photo 6 — Photo: (c) William Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Nick Schaller, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Sameer Shaik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-winged Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Rufous-winged Cisticola

The rufous-winged cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found on the east coast of southern Africa.

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Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

South Africa Mozambique Benin Uganda Malawi Kenya Eswatini Tanzania Côte d’Ivoire Zambia Namibia Senegal Rwanda Botswana

Recorded as a rare visitor in Guinea.

When to see it

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Peak activity in December · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Trilling CisticolaCisticola woosnamiThe trilling cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Hunter's CisticolaCisticola hunteriHunter's cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterusThe short-winged cisticola, also known as the siffling cisticola, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

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