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Dambo cisticola

Cisticola dambo Lynes, 1931

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The dambo cisticola (Cisticola dambo) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 8.7 g to 9.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Dambo cisticola (Cisticola dambo)
Photo: Maans Booysen, Birding Weto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the dambo cisticola

Weight
8.7 g – 9.3 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
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dambo cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the dambo cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The dambo cisticola or cloud-scraping cisticola (Cisticola dambo) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, the DRC and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

From the Wikipedia article “Dambo cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dambo_cisticola&oldid=1380008642), 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 dambo cisticola endangered?

The dambo 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 dambo cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola dambo Lynes, 1931
Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Black-tailed cisticolaEnglish
  • Black-tailed cisticolaEnglish
  • Cloud-scraping cisticolaEnglish
  • Cloud-scraping cisticolaEnglish
  • CSCIEnglish
  • cistovník mokřadníCzech
  • sisticola'r damboWelsh
  • DambocistensängerGerman
  • Dambo-ZistensängerGerman
  • DambozistensängerGerman
  • damba cistikoloEsperanto
  • Cistícola damboSpanish
  • mustapyrstöherttuFinnish
  • mustapyrstöheinäkerttuFinnish
  • Cisticole damboFrench
  • Cisticole des dambosFrench
  • tamnorepa šivalicaCroatian
  • felhőkarcoló szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cisticola grattanubiItalian
  • オグロセッカJapanese
  • tamsiauodegė cistikolaLithuanian
  • DambograszangerDutch
  • flomgressangerNorwegian
  • chwastówka katangijskaPolish
  • fuinha-damboPortuguese
  • fuinha-dos-dambosPortuguese
  • Темнохвостая цистиколаRussian
  • cistovník rašelinovýSlovak
  • dambocistikolaSwedish
  • Dambo YelpazekuyruğuTurkish
  • таміка темнохвостаUkrainian
  • 霄扇尾莺Chinese
  • 括雲扇尾鶯Chinese

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Relatives of the dambo cisticola

Other species in the same genus Cisticola.

CompareDambo cisticola vs Zitting cisticolaDambo cisticola vs Golden-headed cisticolaDambo cisticola vs Rock-loving cisticolaDambo cisticola vs Red-faced cisticola

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the dambo cisticola?

An adult dambo cisticola weighs 8.7 g – 9.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the dambo cisticola endangered?

The dambo 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 dambo cisticola?

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dambo cisticola (Cisticola dambo). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dambo-cisticola

MLA

“Dambo cisticola (Cisticola dambo).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dambo-cisticola.

BibTeX
@misc{dambo_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Dambo cisticola (Cisticola dambo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dambo-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}