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Levaillant's cisticola

Cisticola tinniens (Lichtenstein, 1842)

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The levaillant's cisticola (Cisticola tinniens) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 11.4 g to 13.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Levaillant's cisticola (Cisticola tinniens)
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Quick facts about the levaillant's cisticola

Weight
11.4 g – 13.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3 – 3.15src 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 levaillant's cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the levaillant's cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Levaillant's cisticola (Cisticola tinniens), also known as the tinkling cisticola, is a small passerine bird which is native to marshlands in the uplands of Africa, southwards of the equator.

From the Wikipedia article “Levaillant's cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Levaillant%27s_cisticola&oldid=1338803110), 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 levaillant's cisticola endangered?

The levaillant'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 levaillant's cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola tinniens (Lichtenstein, 1842)

Synonyms Drymoica levaillantii, Malurus tinniens

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • LECIEnglish
  • Lesser black-backed cisticolaEnglish
  • Lesser black-backed cisticolaEnglish
  • Tinkling cisticolaEnglish
  • Tinkling cisticolaEnglish
  • VleitinktinkieAfrikaans
  • cistovník štíhlýCzech
  • sisticola LevaillantWelsh
  • Sydafrikansk CisticolaDanish
  • VleycistensängerGerman
  • Vley-ZistensängerGerman
  • VleyzistensängerGerman
  • tinta cistikoloEsperanto
  • Levajanta cistikoloEsperanto
  • Cistícola de LevaillantSpanish
  • سبدنشین لوایانPersian
  • lampiherttuFinnish
  • Cisticole à sonnetteFrench
  • Petite Cisticole roussâtreFrench
  • smeđoglava šivalicaCroatian
  • Vley-szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cisticola tintinnanteItalian
  • アカボウシセッカJapanese
  • musinukinė cistikolaLithuanian
  • ValleigraszangerDutch
  • ringlegressangerNorwegian
  • chwastówka zielnaPolish
  • fuinha-zunidoraPortuguese
  • fuinha-tilintantePortuguese
  • Мухоловковая цистиколаRussian
  • cistovník močiarnySlovak
  • sonettcistikolaSwedish
  • Levaillants cistikolaSwedish
  • Levaillant YelpazekuyruğuTurkish
  • таміка лучнаUkrainian
  • 鈴聲扇尾鶯Chinese
  • 铃声扇尾莺Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the levaillant'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 levaillant's cisticola?

An adult levaillant's cisticola weighs 11.4 g – 13.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the levaillant's cisticola endangered?

The levaillant'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 levaillant's cisticola?

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Levaillant's cisticola (Cisticola tinniens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/levaillants-cisticola

MLA

“Levaillant's cisticola (Cisticola tinniens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/levaillants-cisticola.

BibTeX
@misc{levaillants_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Levaillant's cisticola (Cisticola tinniens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/levaillants-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}