Cisticolas & Allies

Rufous Cisticola

Cisticola rufus

The Rufous Cisticola (Cisticola rufus) is a 7.3 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cisticolas & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

7.3 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Benin, Cameroon, Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Guinea.

Where to see it: Biguina 1 - Western farmlands (Benin); Biguina 1 - Eastern farmlands (Benin); Kalana (Mali); Benoue NP (Cameroon); Ngaoundaba Ranch (Cameroon).

Photo: (c) Zac Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist