Chubb's Cisticola a small, secretive warbler-like bird found in montane grasslands and wetlands of East and Central Africa. markscheflen.com #cisticolas #bwindiImpenetrableforest #Uganda #montaneforests #birdsofafrica #birdsseenin2026 #birds #birdphotography #biodiversity #conservationphotography
March 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Chubb's Cisticola a small, secretive warbler-like bird found in montane grasslands and wetlands of East and Central Africa. markscheflen.com #cisticolas #bwindiImpenetrableforest #Uganda #montaneforests #birdsofafrica #birdsseenin2026 #birds #birdphotography #biodiversity #conservationphotography
East of a line from the Humber to The Solent, there are more Zitting Cisticolas living & breeding than there are Willow Tits (now effectively zero).
September 2, 2026 at 9:01 AM
East of a line from the Humber to The Solent, there are more Zitting Cisticolas living & breeding than there are Willow Tits (now effectively zero).
Zitting Cisticolas can be quite tricky birds to photograph but this one allowed me to approach fairly close at El Hondo. I love their little bouncy flights. #birds #birdphotography #birdsseenin2026 #birding #naturephotography #Alicante
July 25, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Zitting Cisticolas can be quite tricky birds to photograph but this one allowed me to approach fairly close at El Hondo. I love their little bouncy flights. #birds #birdphotography #birdsseenin2026 #birding #naturephotography #Alicante
Singing Cisticola, Nyandungu Park, Kitgali, Rwanda. markscheflen.com #birdphotography #birdwatching #birdsofrwanda #birdsofeastafrica #birding #birdwatching #birdsofinstagram #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #birdsseenin2025 #biodiversity #conservationphotography #cisticolas #echoparks
June 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Singing Cisticola, Nyandungu Park, Kitgali, Rwanda. markscheflen.com #birdphotography #birdwatching #birdsofrwanda #birdsofeastafrica #birding #birdwatching #birdsofinstagram #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #birdsseenin2025 #biodiversity #conservationphotography #cisticolas #echoparks
For #BirdOfTheDay #Warblers, here are a couple of zitting cisticolas (formerly called streaked fantail warbler) in southern Spain.
April 7, 2026 at 6:43 AM
For #BirdOfTheDay #Warblers, here are a couple of zitting cisticolas (formerly called streaked fantail warbler) in southern Spain.
A flock of 34 Glossy Ibises flying over a family party of Zitting Cisticolas on the Suffolk coast is pretty indicative of the direction of future UK avifaunal community shifts under #ClimateChange #UKBirding #Ornithology
Seeing a flock of 34 Glossy Ibis on Breydon South Flats was surreal! Initially picked up by Steve Abbott offshore at Hollesey, they were then seen at Minsmere, Dunwich, Walberswick, Kessingland Beach, Corton Woods before they dropped in at Breydon Water (pic Andrew Easton).
September 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A flock of 34 Glossy Ibises flying over a family party of Zitting Cisticolas on the Suffolk coast is pretty indicative of the direction of future UK avifaunal community shifts under #ClimateChange #UKBirding #Ornithology
An early walk at Walberswick in the sun before the rain this morning gave another burst of views of the Zitting Cisticolas. If trying for them please do not traipse across the marshes and view from the banks #ukbirding #suffolkbirding
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
An early walk at Walberswick in the sun before the rain this morning gave another burst of views of the Zitting Cisticolas. If trying for them please do not traipse across the marshes and view from the banks #ukbirding #suffolkbirding
Our walk today at Walberswick to see the Zitting cisticolas.08/08/2026
August 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Our walk today at Walberswick to see the Zitting cisticolas.08/08/2026
Challenge: cisticolas. Small, drab tan birds, over 50 species, many can only be identified by their call.
And you’re in Africa and the bird guide is telling you to ignore the giraffes to pay attention to these sparrow like birds you can only get a glimpse of.
Friend, I ignored the cisticolas
And you’re in Africa and the bird guide is telling you to ignore the giraffes to pay attention to these sparrow like birds you can only get a glimpse of.
Friend, I ignored the cisticolas
July 2, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Challenge: cisticolas. Small, drab tan birds, over 50 species, many can only be identified by their call.
And you’re in Africa and the bird guide is telling you to ignore the giraffes to pay attention to these sparrow like birds you can only get a glimpse of.
Friend, I ignored the cisticolas
And you’re in Africa and the bird guide is telling you to ignore the giraffes to pay attention to these sparrow like birds you can only get a glimpse of.
Friend, I ignored the cisticolas
For the second year running, Zitting Cisticolas have successfully bred at Walberswick NNR in Suffolk — with at least three broods and seven juveniles recorded this summer.
Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/news/zitting...
📸Dave Nurney
Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/news/zitting...
📸Dave Nurney
August 29, 2026 at 8:03 AM
For the second year running, Zitting Cisticolas have successfully bred at Walberswick NNR in Suffolk — with at least three broods and seven juveniles recorded this summer.
Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/news/zitting...
📸Dave Nurney
Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/news/zitting...
📸Dave Nurney
Damn. Imagine being one of these guys and you get stuck with Zitting when your cousins get delicate and graceful
November 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Damn. Imagine being one of these guys and you get stuck with Zitting when your cousins get delicate and graceful
#45: Zitting Cisticola
Cisticolas (roughly meaning shrub-dwellers) all look about the same and are best told apart by their songs, which they’re named after. Runners up include: Chattering, Bubbling, Rattling, Tinkling, Wailing, Churring, Croaking, and Wing-snapping Cisticolas.
Cisticolas (roughly meaning shrub-dwellers) all look about the same and are best told apart by their songs, which they’re named after. Runners up include: Chattering, Bubbling, Rattling, Tinkling, Wailing, Churring, Croaking, and Wing-snapping Cisticolas.
April 29, 2026 at 2:35 PM
#45: Zitting Cisticola
Cisticolas (roughly meaning shrub-dwellers) all look about the same and are best told apart by their songs, which they’re named after. Runners up include: Chattering, Bubbling, Rattling, Tinkling, Wailing, Churring, Croaking, and Wing-snapping Cisticolas.
Cisticolas (roughly meaning shrub-dwellers) all look about the same and are best told apart by their songs, which they’re named after. Runners up include: Chattering, Bubbling, Rattling, Tinkling, Wailing, Churring, Croaking, and Wing-snapping Cisticolas.
We needed a day out today & four months after the historic discovery of breeding Zitting Cisticolas at Walberswick, we *finally* headed to Suffolk & enjoyed smart views of 3 birds, across a couple of hours. Thx @cach22.bsky.social for up to date info 👍
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November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We needed a day out today & four months after the historic discovery of breeding Zitting Cisticolas at Walberswick, we *finally* headed to Suffolk & enjoyed smart views of 3 birds, across a couple of hours. Thx @cach22.bsky.social for up to date info 👍
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#RareBirdsUK
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With the cat out the bag, today I saw a minimum of 10 Zitting Cisticolas near Walberswick - there is almost certainly more. A single male paired with 2 females, one of which 2nd brooded; 1st autumn birds are spreading south, but can be seen from the beach. Please don't enter the fenced-off area
August 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
With the cat out the bag, today I saw a minimum of 10 Zitting Cisticolas near Walberswick - there is almost certainly more. A single male paired with 2 females, one of which 2nd brooded; 1st autumn birds are spreading south, but can be seen from the beach. Please don't enter the fenced-off area
Went to see the stunning Turkestan Shrike today with @sconebirding.bsky.social, seeing it catch beetles, tipulids and even a hawker dragonfly. Also lots of singing Dartford Warblers, a Woodlark and 24 Crossbills. But no joy with the Zitting Cisticolas so couldn't pull off a two-tick day #UKBirding
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Went to see the stunning Turkestan Shrike today with @sconebirding.bsky.social, seeing it catch beetles, tipulids and even a hawker dragonfly. Also lots of singing Dartford Warblers, a Woodlark and 24 Crossbills. But no joy with the Zitting Cisticolas so couldn't pull off a two-tick day #UKBirding
Also an excellent insult: "God, you're such a zitting cisticola!"
-zitting sounds awful. Who wants to be zitting?
-cisticolas are small and nondescript little brown things
-zitting sounds awful. Who wants to be zitting?
-cisticolas are small and nondescript little brown things
Zitting Cisticola has bred in Britain for the first time, with a pair raising young in Suffolk this summer:
Historic first nesting of Zitting Cisticola in Britain
Zitting Cisticola has bred in Britain for the first time, with the record confirmed at Walberswick NNR, Suffolk, in August 2025. A singing male was joined by a second bird, and by 22 August both were seen feeding at least four fledged juveniles – the first proven nesting of this warbler in Britain. The landmark record follows recent first breeding confirmations of Glossy Ibis and Blyth's Reed Warbler, highlighting rapid shifts in Britain's avian landscape.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Also an excellent insult: "God, you're such a zitting cisticola!"
-zitting sounds awful. Who wants to be zitting?
-cisticolas are small and nondescript little brown things
-zitting sounds awful. Who wants to be zitting?
-cisticolas are small and nondescript little brown things
A quartet of Cisticolas from my March trip for the #Kenya lists of #BirdsSeenIn2026
1. Chubb's Cisticola - Kakamega NP.
2. Winding Cisiticola - Lake Nakuru
3&4 Lyne's Cisticola - Naivasha
5. Tiny Cisiticola - Tsavo West
1. Chubb's Cisticola - Kakamega NP.
2. Winding Cisiticola - Lake Nakuru
3&4 Lyne's Cisticola - Naivasha
5. Tiny Cisiticola - Tsavo West
September 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
A quartet of Cisticolas from my March trip for the #Kenya lists of #BirdsSeenIn2026
1. Chubb's Cisticola - Kakamega NP.
2. Winding Cisiticola - Lake Nakuru
3&4 Lyne's Cisticola - Naivasha
5. Tiny Cisiticola - Tsavo West
1. Chubb's Cisticola - Kakamega NP.
2. Winding Cisiticola - Lake Nakuru
3&4 Lyne's Cisticola - Naivasha
5. Tiny Cisiticola - Tsavo West
Hunter's Cisticolas sings a duet. The male slightly more elaborate but it can sometimes be difficult to hear that it is two birds. The pair sits very close together #birds #kilimanjaro 🦉🌍🧪
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@drrjwarren.bsky.social
October 8, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Hunter's Cisticolas sings a duet. The male slightly more elaborate but it can sometimes be difficult to hear that it is two birds. The pair sits very close together #birds #kilimanjaro 🦉🌍🧪
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Also Zitting Cisticolas
February 25, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Also Zitting Cisticolas
🎨 Colours
🐦 Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
📏 13–14 cm
📍 Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Mar 2026
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #prinias #cisticolas #warblers
🐦 Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
📏 13–14 cm
📍 Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Mar 2026
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #prinias #cisticolas #warblers
April 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
🎨 Colours
🐦 Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
📏 13–14 cm
📍 Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Mar 2026
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #prinias #cisticolas #warblers
🐦 Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
📏 13–14 cm
📍 Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Mar 2026
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #prinias #cisticolas #warblers