Singing Cisticola

What the Singing Cisticola sounds like

Recorded by Anne Ndung'u · Call · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Singing Cisticola

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

Where to see the Singing Cisticola

The map shades 27 countries with regular records, and 2 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 Chad, South Africa.

About the Singing Cisticola

The singing cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to northern and eastern sub-Saharan Africa.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Wailing CisticolaCisticola laisThe wailing cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. Chubb's CisticolaCisticola chubbiVoice: In duets, males trill and females whistle. Wing-snapping CisticolaCisticola ayresiiThe wing-snapping cisticola, also known as Ayres' cisticola, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.