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Red-pate cisticola

Cisticola ruficeps (Cretzschmar, 1830)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The red-pate cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 9.7 g to 10.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Red-pate cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps)
Photo: Ron Knight · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-pate cisticola

Weight
9.7 g – 10.2 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
3.5 – 3.75src 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-pate cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the red-pate cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-pate cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and swamps.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-pate cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-pate_cisticola&oldid=1315346585), 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-pate cisticola endangered?

The red-pate 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-pate cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola ruficeps (Cretzschmar, 1830)

Synonyms Malurus ruficeps

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • RPCIEnglish
  • cistícola cap-rojaCatalan
  • sisticola pengochWelsh
  • Rødisset CisticolaDanish
  • RotkopfcistensängerGerman
  • Rotkopf-ZistensängerGerman
  • rufkrona cistikoloEsperanto
  • Cistícola cabecirrojoSpanish
  • Cistícola CebecirrojoSpanish
  • savanniherttuFinnish
  • Cisticole à tête rousseFrench
  • smeđoleđa šivalicaCroatian
  • vörösfejű szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cisticola capirossaItalian
  • ズアカセッカJapanese
  • rusvagalvė cistikolaLithuanian
  • RoodkopgraszangerDutch
  • rustkronegressangerNorwegian
  • chwastówka cierniowaPolish
  • fuinha-da-guinéPortuguese
  • fuinha-de-cabeça-ruivaPortuguese
  • fuinha-de-cabeça-vermelhaPortuguese
  • Красноголовая цистиколаRussian
  • cistovník savanovýSlovak
  • rostkronad cistikolaSwedish
  • Kırmızı Başlı YelpazekuyrukTurkish
  • таміка червоноголоваUkrainian
  • 紅頭扇尾鶯Chinese
  • 红头扇尾莺Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red-pate 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-pate cisticola?

An adult red-pate cisticola weighs 9.7 g – 10.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-pate cisticola endangered?

The red-pate 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-pate cisticola?

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

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

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BibTeX
@misc{red_pate_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Red-pate cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-pate-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}