Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusCisticola (Cisticolas)
- SpeciesCisticola chiniana (Rattling Cisticola)
Closest Relatives at Samburu National Reserve
Ashy Cisticola
Cisticola cinereolus
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Desert Cisticola
Cisticola aridulus
Winding Cisticola
Cisticola marginatus
Tiny Cisticola
Cisticola nana
Gray Wren-Warbler
Calamonastes simplex
Pale Prinia
Prinia somalica
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Apalis flavida
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Eremomela flavicrissalis
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Eremomela icteropygialis
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava
📅 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 Samburu National Reserve?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Rattling Cisticola sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 120 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Rattling Cisticola in Samburu National Reserve?
April has the highest sighting rate for Rattling Cisticola in Samburu National Reserve in our monthly data.