Cisticolas & Allies

Chirping Cisticola

Cisticola pipiens

The Chirping Cisticola (Cisticola pipiens) is a 13 g wetland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cisticolas & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

13 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Tanzania, Burundi, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: Drotsky's Cabins (Botswana); Okavango Delta · Xaro Lodge (Botswana); Rusizi Delta Nature Reserve (Burundi); Bwabwata NP · Mahango riverside loop (Namibia); Chobe River · boat trip (Botswana) (Botswana).

Photo: (c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist