Black-necked Cisticola
Cisticola eximius
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusCisticola (Cisticolas)
- SpeciesCisticola eximius (Black-necked Cisticola)
About the Black-necked Cisticola
The black-backed cisticola or black-necked cisticola (Cisticola eximius) is a species of passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. The black-backed cisticola was described by the German explorer and ornithologist Theodor von Heuglin in 1869 from a specimen collected near the Bahr el Ghazal River in South Sudan. He coined the binomial name Drymoeca eximia. The specific epithet eximius is the Latin for "select" or "distinguished". The species is now placed in the genus Cisticola which was erected by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829.
Three subspecies are recognised: C. e. occidens Lynes, 1930 – south Senegal to Nigeria C. e. winneba Lynes, 1931 – south Ghana C. e. eximius (Heuglin, 1869) – Congo and Central African Republic to Eritrea, Ethiopia, west Kenya and north Tanzania... Wikipedia →
Recent sightings of Black-necked Cisticola in Serengeti National Park
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Rattling Cisticola
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Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Winding Cisticola
Cisticola marginatus
Croaking Cisticola
Cisticola natalensis
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Cisticola brunnescens
Stout Cisticola
Cisticola robustus
Desert Cisticola
Cisticola aridulus
Tabora Cisticola
Cisticola angusticauda
Trilling Cisticola
Cisticola woosnami
Red-faced Cisticola
Cisticola erythrops
Singing Cisticola
Cisticola cantans
Rock-loving Cisticola
Cisticola aberrans
Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Black-necked Cisticola in Serengeti National Park?
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-necked Cisticola sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Black-necked Cisticola in Serengeti National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Black-necked Cisticola in Serengeti National Park in our monthly data.