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Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis(Rafinesque, 1810)
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Genus
- Cisticola
At a glance
The Zitting Cisticola is a tiny bird, about 9–12 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 9–12 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Zitting Cisticola look like?
The Zitting Cisticola is a tiny bird, about 9–12 cm long and weighing 5–12 g.
The zitting cisticola, formerly also fan-tailed warbler or streaked fantail warbler is a widely distributed Old World warbler in the family Cisticolidae, whose breeding range includes western and southern Europe, Africa outside the deserts and rainforest, and southern Asia down to northern Australia. A small bird found mainly in grasslands, it is best identified by its rufous rump; in addition it lacks any gold on the collar and the brownish tail is tipped with white. During the breeding season males have a zigzagging flight display accompanied by regular "zit" calls that give it its English name. They build their pouch nest suspended within a clump of grass.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Zitting Cisticola?
The Zitting Cisticola is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Zitting Cisticola eat?
The Zitting Cisticola feeds on terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
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