Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusCisticola (Cisticolas)
- SpeciesCisticola chiniana (Rattling Cisticola)
Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Red-faced Cisticola
Cisticola erythrops
Piping Cisticola
Cisticola fulvicapilla
Luapula Cisticola
Cisticola luapula
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Apalis flavida
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Eremomela usticollis
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Eremomela icteropygialis
Bar-throated Apalis
Apalis thoracica
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
📅 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 Mana Pools National Park?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Rattling Cisticola sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 58 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Rattling Cisticola in Mana Pools National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Rattling Cisticola in Mana Pools National Park in our monthly data.