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Chubb's cisticola

Cisticola chubbi Sharpe, 1892

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The chubb's cisticola (Cisticola chubbi) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 14.7 g to 17.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Chubb's cisticola (Cisticola chubbi)
Photo: Tom Tarrant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the chubb's cisticola

Weight
14.7 g – 17.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.45src for Young per litter or clutch
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 chubb's cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the chubb's cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Chubb's cisticola (Cisticola chubbi) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

It is native to the Western High Plateau, the Albertine Rift montane forests and the East African montane forests.

There are four subspecies:

C. c. adametzi Reichenow, 1910 – southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon

C. c. discolor Sjöstedt, 1893 – Mount Cameroon (southwest Cameroon) – brown-backed cisticola

C. c. chubbi Sharpe, 1892 – eastern DR Congo to western Kenya

C. c. marungensis Chapin, 1932 – Marungu highlands (southeastern DR Congo)

It is territorial. It spends most of its time in dense vegetation.

From the Wikipedia article “Chubb's cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chubb%27s_cisticola&oldid=1314288476), 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 chubb's cisticola endangered?

The chubb's 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 chubb's cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola chubbi Sharpe, 1892
Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • CHCIEnglish
  • cistovník vysočinnýCzech
  • sisticola ChubbWelsh
  • HøjlandscisticolaDanish
  • Adametz HøjlandscisticolaDanish
  • FarncistensängerGerman
  • Farn-ZistensängerGerman
  • FarnzistensängerGerman
  • ĉuba cistikoloEsperanto
  • Cistícola de ChubbSpanish
  • kuoroherttuFinnish
  • Cisticole de ChubbFrench
  • gorska šivalicaCroatian
  • páfrány szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cisticola di ChubbItalian
  • クロガオセッカJapanese
  • rudakepurė cistikolaLithuanian
  • Chubbs GraszangerDutch
  • umbragressangerNorwegian
  • chwastówka ubogaPolish
  • fuinha-de-chubbPortuguese
  • fuinha-de-barrete-castanhoPortuguese
  • Каштановошапочная цистиколаRussian
  • cistovník papraďovýSlovak
  • Čabova šivačicaSerbian
  • lobeliacistikolaSwedish
  • Chubb YelpazekuyruğuTurkish
  • таміка каштановоголоваUkrainian
  • 查氏扇尾莺Chinese
  • 查布氏扇尾鶯Chinese

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Relatives of the chubb's 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 chubb's cisticola?

An adult chubb's cisticola weighs 14.7 g – 17.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the chubb's cisticola endangered?

The chubb's 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 chubb's cisticola?

The chubb's cisticola (Cisticola chubbi) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{chubbs_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Chubb's cisticola (Cisticola chubbi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chubbs-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}