Cisticolas & Allies

Ashy Cisticola

Cisticola cinereolus

The Ashy Cisticola (Cisticola cinereolus) is a 17 g desert bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cisticolas & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

17 g

Habitat

Desert

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia, S. Sudan.

Where to see it: Awash NP (Please use more specific hotspot) (Ethiopia); Samburu NR (General - please use more specific hotspot if possible) (Kenya); Amboseli NP (Kenya); Awash NP · southern section (Ethiopia); Auto selected 5.28882, 35.82904 (South Sudan).

Photo: (c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist