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Cloud cisticola

Cisticola textrix (Vieillot, 1817)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The cloud cisticola (Cisticola textrix) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 9 g to 11.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Cloud cisticola (Cisticola textrix)
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the cloud cisticola

Weight
9 g – 11.9 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
2.8src 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 cloud cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the cloud cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The cloud cisticola or tink-tink cisticola (Cisticola textrix) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia, and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

From the Wikipedia article “Cloud cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cloud_cisticola&oldid=1362739096), 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 cloud cisticola endangered?

The cloud 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 cloud cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola textrix (Vieillot, 1817)

Synonyms Hemipteryx minuta, Hemipteryx pallida, Nephelicola minuta, Sylvia textrix

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • CLCIEnglish
  • Tink-tink cisticolaEnglish
  • Tink-tink cisticolaEnglish
  • Gevlekte KlopkloppieAfrikaans
  • cistícola núvolCatalan
  • cistovník dlouhonohýCzech
  • sisticola tinc-tincWelsh
  • Stribet CisticolaDanish
  • PinkpinkcistensängerGerman
  • Pinkpink-ZistensängerGerman
  • nuba cistikoloEsperanto
  • Cistícola pinc-pincSpanish
  • سبدنشین ابریPersian
  • pilviherttuFinnish
  • Cisticole ponctuéeFrench
  • Cisticole pinc-pincFrench
  • kratkorepa šivalicaCroatian
  • pikpik szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cisticola grattanuvoleItalian
  • ムナフセッカJapanese
  • dryžakrūtė cistikolaLithuanian
  • TinktinkgraszangerDutch
  • himmelgressangerNorwegian
  • chwastówka kusaPolish
  • fuinha-das-nuvensPortuguese
  • Цистикола-пинкпинкRussian
  • Короткохвостая цистиколаRussian
  • cistovník krátkochvostýSlovak
  • molncistikolaSwedish
  • Pink-Pink YelpazekuyruğuTurkish
  • таміка куцохвостаUkrainian
  • 云扇尾莺Chinese
  • 雲霧扇尾鶯Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the cloud 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 cloud cisticola?

An adult cloud cisticola weighs 9 g – 11.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cloud cisticola endangered?

The cloud 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 cloud cisticola?

The cloud cisticola (Cisticola textrix) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cloud cisticola (Cisticola textrix). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cloud-cisticola

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“Cloud cisticola (Cisticola textrix).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cloud-cisticola.

BibTeX
@misc{cloud_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Cloud cisticola (Cisticola textrix)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cloud-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}