Cisticolas & Allies

Short-winged Cisticola

Cisticola brachypterus

The Short-winged Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus) is a 7.8 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cisticolas & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

7.8 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

27

Recorded in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Ghana, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Tanzania, Liberia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Cameroon, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Senegal, Guinea, Burundi, Togo, Central African Rep., Sudan.

Where to see it: Epena (Republic of the Congo); Shai Hills Resource Reserve (Ghana); Yekepa (Liberia); African Bible College University campus (Liberia); Mt. Moco Reserve IBA (Angola).

Photo: (c) Pedro Eça, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist