Short-winged Cisticola

Cisticola brachypterus (Sharpe, 1870)

7.8 gWeight

The short-winged cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus), also known as the siffling cisticola, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Most records: Kenya, Ghana, Uganda

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Short-winged Cisticola has been recorded at 155 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 23 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Nairobi NPKenya614 records
Shai Hills Resource ReserveGhana310 records
Nguuni Nature SanctuaryKenya134 records

More places

Shai Hills RR – Kandra RouteGhana132 records
Amurum Forest ReserveNigeria112 records
Nyungwe NP – Gisakura, Ndambarare TrailRwanda89 records
Katiyo Tea EstateZimbabwe89 records
Brenu Beach – grasslandsGhana86 records
Murchison Falls NP – North sideUganda53 records
Queen Elizabeth II NPUganda49 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Kenya Ghana Uganda Rwanda Nigeria Tanzania Zimbabwe Zambia

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

The short-winged cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus), also known as the siffling cisticola, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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