Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusCisticola (Cisticolas)
- SpeciesCisticola juncidis (Zitting Cisticola)
The zitting cisticola, formerly also fan-tailed warbler or streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis), is a widely distributed Old World warbler in the family Cisticolidae, whose breeding range includes western and southern Europe, Africa outside the deserts and rainforest, and southern Asia down to northern Australia. A small bird found mainly in grasslands, it is best identified by its rufous rump; in addition it lacks any gold on the collar and the brownish tail is tipped with white. During the breeding season males have a zigzagging flight display accompanied by regular "zit" calls that give it its English name. They build their pouch nest suspended within a clump of grass. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Zitting Cisticola sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Kaeng Krachan National Park
Golden-headed Cisticola
Cisticola exilis
Dark-necked Tailorbird
Orthotomus atrogularis
Common Tailorbird
Orthotomus sutorius
Gray-breasted Prinia
Prinia hodgsonii
Plain Prinia
Prinia inornata
Rufescent Prinia
Prinia rufescens
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Prinia flaviventris
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Black-naped Monarch
Hypothymis azurea
Ayeyarwady Bulbul
Pycnonotus blanfordi
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus paradiseus
Stripe-throated Bulbul
Pycnonotus finlaysoni
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Zitting Cisticola in Kaeng Krachan National Park?
About 0% of wildlife watchers report a Zitting Cisticola sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Zitting Cisticola in Kaeng Krachan National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Zitting Cisticola in Kaeng Krachan National Park in our monthly data.