Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusCisticola (Cisticolas)
- SpeciesCisticola chiniana (Rattling Cisticola)
Closest Relatives at Pilanesberg National Park
Piping Cisticola
Cisticola fulvicapilla
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Levaillant's Cisticola
Cisticola tinniens
Desert Cisticola
Cisticola aridulus
Rock-loving Cisticola
Cisticola aberrans
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava
Black-chested Prinia
Prinia flavicans
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Eremomela usticollis
Bar-throated Apalis
Apalis thoracica
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Eremomela icteropygialis
Barred Wren-Warbler
Calamonastes fasciolatus
📅 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 Pilanesberg National Park?
About 26% of visitor-days record a Rattling Cisticola sighting in Pilanesberg National Park, based on 80 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Rattling Cisticola in Pilanesberg National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Rattling Cisticola in Pilanesberg National Park in our monthly data.