Cisticolas & Allies

Red-faced Cisticola

Cisticola erythrops

The Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops) is a 15 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cisticolas & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

15 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

21

Recorded in South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, Mozambique, eSwatini, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Côte d'Ivoire, Botswana, Angola, Liberia, Gambia, Sierra Leone.

Where to see it: Lake Kivu · Tchegera Island (Ile des Cochons) (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Outamba-Kilimi NP (Sierra Leone); Sable farm,Lusaka (Zambia); Grand-Bassam—Pont de la Victoire et Lagune Ouladine (Côte d'Ivoire); Mukuvisi Woodlands (Zimbabwe).

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