Cisticolas & Allies

Rattling Cisticola

Cisticola chiniana

The Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana) is a 16 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cisticolas & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

16 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

14

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Botswana, eSwatini, Mozambique, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: Mbuluzi Game Reserve (Eswatini); Dunes de Dovela (Mozambique); Hlane Royal NP · Ndlovu Camp (Eswatini); Bela Vista Wetlands (Mozambique); Water hole and forest near Rajaf (South Sudan).

Photo: (c) Matthew Fainman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matthew Fainman via iNaturalist