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Foxy cisticola

Cisticola troglodytes (Antinori, 1864)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The foxy cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 8.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Foxy cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the foxy cisticola

Weight
8.2 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
Not recorded
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 foxy cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the foxy cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The foxy cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

It is native to Central African Republic (Bozoum and Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Garamba National Park), Ethiopia (Gambela National Park), Kenya (Mount Elgon), Sudan (Ashana-Bandingilo-Dinder-Imatong Mountains and Juba) and Uganda (Kidepo Valley National Park, Mt Kie Forest, Mt. Moroto Forest Reserve and Mt Otzi Forest Reserve). It is also known to be vagrant to Mali. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

From the Wikipedia article “Foxy cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foxy_cisticola&oldid=1314139432), 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 foxy cisticola endangered?

The foxy 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 foxy cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola troglodytes (Antinori, 1864)
Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • FOCIEnglish
  • cistícola vulpinaCatalan
  • cistovník ryšavýCzech
  • sisticola gwinauWelsh
  • RævecisticolaDanish
  • FuchscistensängerGerman
  • FuchszistensängerGerman
  • vulpa cistikoloEsperanto
  • Cistícola zorrunoSpanish
  • ruosteherttuFinnish
  • Cisticole russuleFrench
  • Cisticole grisâtreFrench
  • riđa šivalicaCroatian
  • rókaszínű szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cisticola volpinaItalian
  • キツネセッカJapanese
  • lapinė cistikolaLithuanian
  • Lapioji cistikolaLithuanian
  • VosgraszangerDutch
  • revegressangerNorwegian
  • chwastówka lisiaPolish
  • fuinha-raposinaPortuguese
  • fuinha-alaranjadaPortuguese
  • Лисья цистиколаRussian
  • Крапивниковая цистиколаRussian
  • cistovník lišacíSlovak
  • rävcistikolaSwedish
  • Kızılca YelpazekuyrukTurkish
  • таміка рудаUkrainian
  • 狐色扇尾莺Chinese
  • 狐色扇尾鶯Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the foxy 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 foxy cisticola?

An adult foxy cisticola weighs 8.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the foxy cisticola endangered?

The foxy 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 foxy cisticola?

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Foxy cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/foxy-cisticola

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BibTeX
@misc{foxy_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Foxy cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/foxy-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}