Red-faced Cisticola

Cisticola erythrops

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
GenusCisticola (Cisticolas)
SpeciesCisticola erythrops (Red-faced Cisticola)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Mana Pools National Park

2 Verified sightings at Mana Pools National Park From 2019 to 2026

3,541 Verified sightings across all 41 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Red-faced Cisticola

The red-faced cisticola (Cisticola erythrops) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is widely present across sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.

The red-faced cisticola was formally described in 1857 by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub under the binomial name Drymoeca erythrops based on a specimen collected near Calabar in Nigeria. The specific epithet erythrops combines the Ancient Greek ερυθρος/eruthros meaning "red" with ωψ/ōps meaning "eye" or "face". The red-faced cisticola is now one of 53 species placed in the genus Cisticola that was introduced in 1829 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup.

Six subspecies are recognised: Cisticola erythrops erythrops (Hartlaub, 1857) – Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Central African Republic, Congo and Gabon Cisticola erythrops pyrrhomitra Reichenow, 1916 – southeast Sudan and Ethiopia

Cisticola erythrops niloticus Madarász, G, 1914 – central Sudan Cisticola erythrops sylvia Reichenow, 1904 – northeast DR Congo and south Sudan to Kenya and central Tanzania Cisticola erythrops nyasa Lynes... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park

Cisticola chiniana

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Cisticola juncidis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Cisticola fulvicapilla

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Cisticola luapula

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Camaroptera brachyura

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Apalis flavida

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Prinia subflava

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Eremomela usticollis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Eremomela icteropygialis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Apalis thoracica

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Lamprotornis mevesii

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Dicrurus adsimilis

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~30%
2	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~10%
3	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~10%
4	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
5	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
6	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~10%
7	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~10%
8	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
9	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~10%
10	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	~10%
11	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~10%
12	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	~10%
13	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
14	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
15	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
16	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
17	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	<5%
18	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
19	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
20	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
21	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
22	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
23	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	<5%
24	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
25	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
26	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
27	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
28	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
29	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
30	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	<5%
31	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
32	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
33	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	Insufficient data
34	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
35	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	Insufficient data
36	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
37	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
38	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	Insufficient data
39	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
40	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
41	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data

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Red-faced Cisticola

About the Red-faced Cisticola

Recent sightings of Red-faced Cisticola in Mana Pools National Park

Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park

Rattling Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Piping Cisticola

Luapula Cisticola

Green-backed Camaroptera

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Burnt-neck Eremomela

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Bar-throated Apalis

Meves's Glossy-starling

Fork-tailed Drongo

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found