Hunter's cisticola

Weight

14.8 g – 16.2 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

2 – 2.25src 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

Not recorded

The hunter'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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyCisticolidae
6. genusCisticola
7. SpeciesCisticola hunteri Shelley, 1889

Synonyms Cisticola hunteri hunteri, Cisticola hunteri hypernephala, Cisticola hunteri hypernephela, Cisticola hunteri immaculata, Cisticola hunteri masaba, Cisticola hunteri prinioides, Cisticola hunteri prinoides, Cisticola neumanni, Cisticola prinioides

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Zitting cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Cisticolidae

LC, Least Concern

Golden-headed cisticola

Cisticola exilis

Cisticolidae

LC, Least Concern

Rock-loving cisticola

Cisticola aberrans

Cisticolidae

LC, Least Concern

Red-faced cisticola

Cisticola erythrops

Cisticolidae

LC, Least Concern

Singing cisticola

Cisticola cantans

Cisticolidae

LC, Least Concern

Madagascar cisticola

Cisticola cherina

Cisticolidae

CompareHunter's cisticola vs Zitting cisticolaHunter's cisticola vs Golden-headed cisticolaHunter's cisticola vs Rock-loving cisticolaHunter's cisticola vs Red-faced cisticola

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@misc{hunters_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Hunter's cisticola (Cisticola hunteri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hunters-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}