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Black-tailed cisticola

Cisticola melanurus (Cabanis, 1882)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The black-tailed cisticola (Cisticola melanurus) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 8 g to 9.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-tailed cisticola (Cisticola melanurus)
Photo: Henrik Gronvold · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-tailed cisticola

Weight
8 g – 9.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-tailed cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the black-tailed cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-tailed cisticola (Cisticola melanurus), also known as the Slender-tailed cisticola, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Its natural habitat is dry savanna and the canopy of smaller trees. It forages for insects both in the canopy and on the ground.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-tailed cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-tailed_cisticola&oldid=1379257659), 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-tailed cisticola endangered?

The black-tailed 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-tailed cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola melanurus (Cabanis, 1882)

Synonyms Apalis melanura, Cisticola melanurus melanura, Cisticola pearsoni, Dryodromas melanurus, Dryodromas pearsoni

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Slender-tailed cisticolaEnglish
  • Slender-tailed cisticolaEnglish
  • STCIEnglish
  • cistícola cuanegraCatalan
  • cistovník černoocasýCzech
  • Sorthalet CisticolaDanish
  • SchwarzschwanzcistensängerGerman
  • Schwarzschwanz-ZistensängerGerman
  • nigravosta cistikoloEsperanto
  • Cistícola colinegroSpanish
  • kaitapyrstöherttuFinnish
  • kaitapyrstöheinäkerttuFinnish
  • Cisticole à queue noireFrench
  • crnorepa šivalicaCroatian
  • feketefarkú szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cisticola codasottileItalian
  • オグロイロムシクイJapanese
  • juodauodegė cistikolaLithuanian
  • svarthalegressangerNorwegian Bokmål
  • ZwartstaartgraszangerDutch
  • svartstjertgressangerNorwegian
  • chwastówka czarnosternaPolish
  • fuinha-de-cauda-pretaPortuguese
  • Чернохвостая цистиколаRussian
  • cistovník čiernochvostýSlovak
  • svartstjärtad cistikolaSwedish
  • Kara Kuyruklu YelpazekuyrukTurkish
  • таміка чорнохвостаUkrainian
  • 細尾扇尾鶯Chinese
  • 细尾扇尾莺Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the black-tailed 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-tailed cisticola?

An adult black-tailed cisticola weighs 8 g – 9.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-tailed cisticola endangered?

The black-tailed 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-tailed cisticola?

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

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APA

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

MLA

“Black-tailed cisticola (Cisticola melanurus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-tailed-cisticola.

BibTeX
@misc{black_tailed_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Black-tailed cisticola (Cisticola melanurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-tailed-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}