#cisticolas
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
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
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
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
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
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
Our walk today at Walberswick to see the Zitting cisticolas.08/08/2026
August 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I also saw a couple of cracking little zitting cisticolas. Here's nº 1. #birds
February 27, 2025 at 7:26 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
July 2, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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
August 29, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Zitting cisticolas 2 & 3 of the day, side by side on a fence in San Pedro de Alcántara. #birds
June 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
There were plenty of zitting cisticolas on the wing today but I only spotted one actually sitting still. #birds
March 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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
#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.
April 29, 2026 at 2:35 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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November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Zitting cisticolas 3 & 4 of the day. #birds
July 13, 2026 at 2:42 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
August 7, 2026 at 1:51 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
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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
August 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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 🦉🌍🧪
@drrjwarren.bsky.social
October 8, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Also Zitting Cisticolas
February 25, 2026 at 10:43 PM
🎨 Colours
🐦 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
Cisticolas. Kenya. They are identified, but not by me.
#birds
December 9, 2024 at 1:48 PM