Cisticolidae

Apalis thoracica (Photo from Hermanus Bird Club) Common name:bar-throated apalis (en); apalis-de-coleira (pt); apalis à collier (fr); apalis de garganta barreada (es); halsband-feinsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is found in eastern and southern Africa, from southern Kenya, through Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and into eastern and southern South Africa.Size:These birds are 11-13 cm long…

Cisticola exilis Photo by Julian Robinson (Canberra Ornithologists Group) Common name:golden-headed cisticola (en); fuinha-de-cabeça-dourada (pt); cisticole à couronne dorée (fr); buitrón de capa dorada (es); goldkopf-cistensänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is found in eastern and northern Australia, through Papua-New Guinea and Indonesia and into southern Asia as far north as and as far west as…

Cisticola erythrops (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name:red-faced cisticola (en); fuinha-de-faces-vermelhas (pt); cisticole à face rousse (fr); buitrón de cara roja (es); rotgesicht-cistensänger (de) Taxonomy: Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed across sub-Saharan Africa, from Mauritania, across west and central Africa into Ethiopia and south to Angola in western Africa and south to…

Cisticola galactotes Photo by Hugh Chittenden (Bird Info) Common name:winding cisticola (en); fuinha-de-dorso-preto (pt); cisticole roussâtre (fr); buitrón musical (es); schwarzrücken-cistensänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This African species is found from Senegal to Sudan and Ethiopia and south to Angola, northern Namibia and Botswana, Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 11-15 cm long and weigh 10-15 g.Habitat:Winding cisticolas are…

Prinia socialis Photo by J.M. Garg (Wikipedia) Common name:ashy prinia (en); fuinha-cinzenta (pt); prinia cendrée (fr); prinia ahumada (de); rostbauchprinie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is found across India and in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and western Myanmar.Size:These birds are 13-14 cm long and weigh 7-10 g.Habitat:The ashy prinia is found in dry open grasslands, in open woodland,…

Camaroptera brachyura Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Biodiversity Explorer)  Common name:green-backed camaroptera (en); felosa-de-dorso-verde (pt); camaroptère à tête gris (fr); camaroptera de lomo verde (es); grünrücken-camaroptera (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:These birds are found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to South Africa.Size:Green-backed camaropteras are 11,5-13 cm long and weigh 10-11 g.Habitat:They are generally…

Apalis flavida Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Trevor and Margaret Hardaker) Common name: yellow-breasted apalis (en); apalis-de-peito-amarelo (pt); apalis à gorge jaune (fr); apalis de pecho amarillo (es); gelbbrust-feinsänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cisticolidae Range: This African species is patchily distributed from Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia, and through Tanzania down to Mozambique, Angola, Namibia,…

Prinia gracilis Photo by Rajiv Lather (Birding in India and South Asia) Common name: graceful prinia (en); fuinha-elegante (pt); prinia gracile (fr); prinia graciosa (es); streifenprinie (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cisticolidae Range: This species is a resident breeder in north-eastern Africa and south-west Asia, from Egypt and Somalia, through the Middle East and Turkey,…