Dorst's Cisticola

Cisticola guinea Lynes, 1930

9.3 gWeight

Dorst's cisticola (Cisticola guinea), also known as the plaintive cisticola, is a bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Busiest months: March and May · Most records: Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Dorst's Cisticola has been recorded at 19 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 6 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Amurum Forest ReserveNigeria103 records
Mole NPGhana28 records
Benoue NPCameroon25 records

More places

Mole NP – Asibey Loop/Haraba track vicinityGhana14 records
Yankari Game ReserveNigeria7 records
Mole NP – Samole loopGhana6 records
Waza NPCameroon5 records
Mole NP – Mole Hotel & waterholeGhana5 records
Djamdé Reserve de FauneTogo4 records
Jakhaly Rice FieldsGambia4 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Nigeria Ghana Cameroon Gambia Togo Burkina Faso

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

Dorst's cisticola (Cisticola guinea), also known as the plaintive cisticola, is a bird in the family Cisticolidae. It occurs in West Africa and south of Lake Chad.

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Questions

How big is the Dorst's Cisticola?

The Dorst's Cisticola weighs around 9.3 g.

Where does the Dorst's Cisticola live?

Its breeding range: Africa: Gambia and Senegal to Togo, central Nigeria and northern Cameroon. It is most often recorded in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.