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Stout cisticola

Cisticola robustus (Rüppell, 1845)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The stout cisticola (Cisticola robustus) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 15.1 g to 19.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Stout cisticola (Cisticola robustus)
Photo: Allan Drewitt · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the stout cisticola

Weight
15.1 g – 19.3 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
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the stout cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the stout cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The stout cisticola (Cisticola robustus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are boreal forest, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

The southern subspecies C. r. angolensis and C. r. awemba are sometimes considered to form a separate species, the Angola cisticola (C. angolensis).

From the Wikipedia article “Stout cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stout_cisticola&oldid=1380703047), 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 stout cisticola endangered?

The stout 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 stout cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola robustus (Rüppell, 1845)

Synonyms Drymoica robusta

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • STCIEnglish
  • cistícola robustaCatalan
  • cistovník světlebřichýCzech
  • sisticola praffWelsh
  • Stor CisticolaDanish
  • AmharacistensängerGerman
  • AmharazistensängerGerman
  • fortika cistikoloEsperanto
  • Cistícola robustoSpanish
  • isoherttuFinnish
  • Cisticole robusteFrench
  • velika šivalicaCroatian
  • Amhara szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cisticola robustaItalian
  • エリアカセッカJapanese
  • didžioji cistikolaLithuanian
  • Grote GraszangerDutch
  • grovgressangerNorwegian
  • chwastówka krępaPolish
  • fuinha-grandePortuguese
  • fuinha-robustaPortuguese
  • Большая цистиколаRussian
  • Толстая цистиколаRussian
  • cistovník veľkýSlovak
  • större cistikolaSwedish
  • Koca YelpazekuyrukTurkish
  • таміка-товстунUkrainian
  • 強壯扇尾鶯Chinese
  • 强健扇尾莺Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the stout 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 stout cisticola?

An adult stout cisticola weighs 15.1 g – 19.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the stout cisticola endangered?

The stout 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 stout cisticola?

The stout cisticola (Cisticola robustus) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Stout cisticola (Cisticola robustus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/stout-cisticola

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BibTeX
@misc{stout_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Stout cisticola (Cisticola robustus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stout-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}