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Red-faced cisticola

Cisticola erythrops (Hartlaub, 1857)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The red-faced cisticola (Cisticola erythrops) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 13.6 g to 15.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Red-faced cisticola (Cisticola erythrops)
Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-faced cisticola

Weight
13.6 g – 15.7 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
2.8 – 2.9src 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 red-faced cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the red-faced cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-faced cisticola (Cisticola erythrops) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is widely present across sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-faced cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-faced_cisticola&oldid=1379847756), 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 red-faced cisticola endangered?

The red-faced 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 red-faced cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola erythrops (Hartlaub, 1857)

Synonyms Drymoeca erythrops, Threnetes erythrops, Threnolais erythtrops

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • RFCIEnglish
  • RooiwangtinktinkieAfrikaans
  • Cistícola cara-rojaCatalan
  • cistícola de cara vermellaCatalan
  • cistovník rezavolícíCzech
  • sisticola wynepgochWelsh
  • Rødmasket CisticolaDanish
  • Rotgesicht-CistensängerGerman
  • Rotgesicht-ZistensängerGerman
  • ruĝmaska cistikoloEsperanto
  • Cistícola carirrojoSpanish
  • punaposkiherttuFinnish
  • lepenheinäkerttuFinnish
  • punaposkiheinäkerttuFinnish
  • Cisticole à face rousseFrench
  • riđolica šivalicaCroatian
  • vörösképű szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cisticola facciarossaItalian
  • アカガオセッカJapanese
  • rusvaveidė cistikolaLithuanian
  • RoodmaskergraszangerDutch
  • rødmaskegressangerNorwegian
  • chwastówka rdzawolicaPolish
  • fuinha-de-faces-ruivasPortuguese
  • fuinha-de-faces-vermelhasPortuguese
  • Краснолицая цистиколаRussian
  • cistovník červenolíciSlovak
  • Crvenolika šivačicaSerbian
  • rostkindad cistikolaSwedish
  • Al Yüzlü YelpazekuyrukTurkish
  • таміка рудощокаUkrainian
  • 紅臉扇尾鶯Chinese
  • 红脸扇尾莺Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red-faced 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 red-faced cisticola?

An adult red-faced cisticola weighs 13.6 g – 15.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-faced cisticola endangered?

The red-faced 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 red-faced cisticola?

The red-faced cisticola (Cisticola erythrops) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red-faced cisticola (Cisticola erythrops). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-faced-cisticola

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{red_faced_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Red-faced cisticola (Cisticola erythrops)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-faced-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}