Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusCisticola (Cisticolas)
- SpeciesCisticola juncidis (Zitting Cisticola)
Closest Relatives at Ruaha National Park
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Winding Cisticola
Cisticola marginatus
Desert Cisticola
Cisticola aridulus
Red-faced Cisticola
Cisticola erythrops
Trilling Cisticola
Cisticola woosnami
Singing Cisticola
Cisticola cantans
Tabora Cisticola
Cisticola angusticauda
Croaking Cisticola
Cisticola natalensis
Churring Cisticola
Cisticola njombe
Wing-snapping Cisticola
Cisticola ayresii
Wailing Cisticola
Cisticola lais
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
📅 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 Zitting Cisticola in Ruaha National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Zitting Cisticola sighting in Ruaha National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Zitting Cisticola in Ruaha National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Zitting Cisticola in Ruaha National Park in our monthly data.