Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusCisticola (Cisticolas)
- SpeciesCisticola chiniana (Rattling Cisticola)
Closest Relatives at Gorongosa National Park
Singing Cisticola
Cisticola cantans
Wailing Cisticola
Cisticola lais
Red-faced Cisticola
Cisticola erythrops
Croaking Cisticola
Cisticola natalensis
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Piping Cisticola
Cisticola fulvicapilla
Siffling Cisticola
Cisticola brachypterus
Rufous-winged Cisticola
Cisticola galactotes
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Apalis flavida
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava
Stierling's Barred Warbler
Calamonastes stierlingi
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Rattling Cisticola in Gorongosa National Park?
About 14% of visitor-days record a Rattling Cisticola sighting in Gorongosa National Park, based on 31 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Rattling Cisticola in Gorongosa National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Rattling Cisticola in Gorongosa National Park in our monthly data.