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Black-backed cisticola

Cisticola eximius (Heuglin, 1869)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The black-backed cisticola (Cisticola eximius) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 12 g to 12 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-backed cisticola (Cisticola eximius)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-backed cisticola

Weight
12 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.23 – 3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-backed cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the black-backed cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-backed cisticola or black-necked cisticola (Cisticola eximius) is a species of passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae.

It is found in Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-backed cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-backed_cisticola&oldid=1313975990), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-backed cisticola endangered?

The black-backed cisticola is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-backed cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola eximius (Heuglin, 1869)

Synonyms Drymoeca eximia

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • BBCIEnglish
  • Black-backed cloud cisticolaEnglish
  • Black-necked cisticolaEnglish
  • cistícola dorsnegraCatalan
  • cistovník černohřbetýCzech
  • Savanne CisticolaDanish
  • SchwarzhalscistensängerGerman
  • Schwarzhals-ZistensängerGerman
  • Schwarzrücken-ZistensängerGerman
  • nigradorsa cistikoloEsperanto
  • Cistícola dorsinegroSpanish
  • mustaniskaherttuFinnish
  • mustaniskaheinäkerttuFinnish
  • Cisticole à dos noirFrench
  • crnopruga šivalicaCroatian
  • feketehasú szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cisticola colloneroItalian
  • セグロセッカJapanese
  • juodnugarė cistikolaLithuanian
  • PollegraszangerDutch
  • mørkryggressangerNorwegian
  • chwastówka czarnogrzbietaPolish
  • fuinha-do-poentePortuguese
  • fuinha-de-dorso-pretoPortuguese
  • fuinha-enegrecidaPortuguese
  • Темноспинная цистиколаRussian
  • cistovník spáleniskovýSlovak
  • savanncistikolaSwedish
  • Kara Sırtlı YelpazekuyrukTurkish
  • таміка рудошияUkrainian
  • 黑背扇尾鶯Chinese
  • 黑颈扇尾莺Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the black-backed cisticola

Other species in the same genus Cisticola.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-backed cisticola?

An adult black-backed cisticola weighs 12 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-backed cisticola endangered?

The black-backed cisticola is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-backed cisticola?

The black-backed cisticola (Cisticola eximius) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-backed cisticola (Cisticola eximius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-backed-cisticola

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BibTeX
@misc{black_backed_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Black-backed cisticola (Cisticola eximius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-backed-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}