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Tinkling Cisticola

Cisticola rufilatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandDomed nestTiny · 11 g
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus), photo 1
Photo: i_c_riddell · CC BY 4.0
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus), photo 2
Photo: i_c_riddell · CC BY 4.0
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus), photo 3
Photo: Justin Ponder · CC BY 4.0
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus), photo 4
Photo: Justin Ponder · CC BY 4.0
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus), photo 5
Photo: scaup · CC BY 4.0
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus), photo 6
Photo: scaup · CC BY 4.0
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus), photo 7
Photo: Matthew Fainman · CC BY 4.0
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus), photo 8
Photo: Matthew Fainman · CC BY 4.0
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus), photo 9
Photo: Matthew Fainman · CC BY 4.0
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus), photo 10
Photo: (c) i_c_riddell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Tinkling 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 Tinkling Cisticola

Regular range

The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Africa Namibia Botswana Zambia Angola Zimbabwe Gabon Malawi

About the Tinkling Cisticola

The tinkling cisticola or grey cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savannah.

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

Easily confused with

Carruthers's Cisticola (Cisticola carruthersi) Carruthers's CisticolaCisticola carruthersiCarruthers's cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. Luapula Cisticola (Cisticola luapula) Luapula CisticolaCisticola luapulaThe Luapula cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. Ashy CisticolaCisticola cinereolusThe ashy cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

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