Cisticolas & Allies

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

The Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) is a 6.8 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Cisticolas & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

6.8 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

69

Recorded in Spain, Portugal, France, India, South Africa, Taiwan, Italy, Thailand, Netherlands, Israel, Japan, Greece, Sri Lanka, China, Morocco, Cyprus, Uganda, Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tanzania, Belgium, Kenya, Australia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Republic of Korea, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Croatia, Gambia, Malta, Turkey, Mozambique, Senegal, Zambia, Slovenia, Nigeria, Laos, eSwatini, Egypt, Vietnam, Myanmar, Tunisia, Albania, Ghana, Pakistan, Timor-Leste, Algeria, Palestine, Montenegro, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Gabon, Germany, Denmark, Lesotho, Angola, Sweden, Guinea-Bissau, Switzerland, Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso.

Where to see it: Ausa River shrublands (San Marino); Simar Nature Reserve (Malta); Ghadira Nature Reserve (Malta); Vientiane · Donkoi fields & river (Lao PDR); Mandria (Μανδριά) · Coast (Cyprus).

Photo: (c) Aurélien Coste, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist