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Zitting cisticola

Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque, 1810)

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The zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 6.4 g to 7.55 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
Photo: Morhaf kamal aljanee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the zitting cisticola

Weight
6.4 g – 7.55 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
10 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the zitting cisticola live?

Not recorded

What is the zitting cisticola?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The zitting cisticola, formerly also fan-tailed warbler or streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis), is a widely distributed Old World warbler in the family Cisticolidae, whose breeding range includes western and southern Europe, Africa outside the deserts and rainforest, and southern Asia down to northern Australia. A small bird found mainly in grasslands, it is best identified by its rufous rump; in addition it lacks any gold on the collar and the brownish tail is tipped with white. During the breeding season males have a zigzagging flight display accompanied by regular "zit" calls that give it its English name. They build their pouch nest suspended within a clump of grass.

From the Wikipedia article “Zitting cisticola” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zitting_cisticola&oldid=1377471817), 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.

What does the zitting cisticola sound like?

Jochem verweij, XC821791. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the zitting cisticola endangered?

The zitting 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.

How is the zitting cisticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusCisticola
  7. SpeciesCisticola juncidis (Rafinesque, 1810)

Synonyms Cisticola juncidus juncidus, Cisticola schoenicola, Sylvia juncidis

Other names and names in other languages (66)
  • Fan-tailed cisticolaEnglish
  • Fan-tailed warblerEnglish
  • Streaked fantail warblerEnglish
  • ZICIEnglish
  • LanderyklopkloppieAfrikaans
  • فصية مروحية الذنبArabic
  • هازجة مروحية الذنبArabic
  • هازجة مروحية الذنب المخططةArabic
  • saltónAsturian
  • Пъстроопашато шаварчеBulgarian
  • ভোমরা ছোটনBangla
  • Jegig-broenBreton
  • tristCatalan
  • cistovník rákosníkovýCzech
  • sisticola cynffondaenWelsh
  • CistussangerDanish
  • CistensängerGerman
  • ZistensängerGerman
  • ΚιστικόληGreek
  • Ευρωπαϊκή ΚιστικόληGreek
  • junka cistikoloEsperanto
  • BuitrónSpanish
  • Cistícola buitrónSpanish
  • rohulindEstonian
  • سسک دم چتریPersian
  • heinäkerttuFinnish
  • MacchiakertaFinnish
  • Cisticole des joncsFrench
  • Ceolaire feanearrachIrish
  • Carriza dos xuncosGalician
  • תפרHebrew
  • šivalicaCroatian
  • szuharbújóHungarian
  • európai szuharbújóHungarian
  • Cici padiIndonesian
  • HálmsöngvariIcelandic
  • BeccamoschinoItalian
  • Beccamoschino comuneItalian
  • セッカJapanese
  • 개개비사촌Korean
  • Skėtauodegė cistikolaLithuanian
  • skėstauodegė cistikolaLithuanian
  • zāļu platastīteLatvian
  • പോതപ്പൊട്ടൻMalayalam
  • टिकटिकीMarathi
  • Burung Cekup PadiMalay
  • Gress-sangerNorwegian Bokmål
  • GraszangerDutch
  • ChwastówkaPolish
  • chwastówka (zwyczajna)Polish
  • Chwastówka zwyczajnaPolish
  • fuinha-dos-juncosPortuguese
  • Stufărică pătatăRomanian
  • Веерохвостая цистиколаRussian
  • SuoidnevizarNorthern Sami
  • cistovník ryšavýSlovak
  • brškinkaSlovenian
  • ŠivačicaSerbian
  • grässångareSwedish
  • கருங்கோட்டுக் கதிர்க்குருவிTamil
  • นกยอดข้าวหางแพนลายThai
  • YelpazekuyrukTurkish
  • таміка віялохвостаUkrainian
  • RisarinVenetian
  • 棕扇尾莺Chinese
  • 棕扇尾鶯Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the zitting cisticola

Other species in the same genus Cisticola.

CompareZitting cisticola vs Golden-headed cisticolaZitting cisticola vs Rock-loving cisticolaZitting cisticola vs Red-faced cisticolaZitting cisticola vs Singing cisticola

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the zitting cisticola?

An adult zitting cisticola weighs 6.4 g – 7.55 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the zitting cisticola endangered?

The zitting 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 zitting cisticola?

The zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/zitting-cisticola

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BibTeX
@misc{zitting_cisticola_2026,
  title = {Zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/zitting-cisticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}