Chubb's Cisticola
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Chubb's Cisticola

Cisticola chubbi

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
70–80% · Very likely
overall probability at Volcanoes National Park
527 Verified records at Volcanoes National Park
December Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Chubb's cisticola (Cisticola chubbi) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the Western High Plateau, the Albertine Rift montane forests and the East African montane forests. There are four subspecies: C. c. adametzi Reichenow, 1910 – southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon C. c. discolor Sjöstedt, 1893 – Mount Cameroon (southwest Cameroon) – brown-backed cisticola C. c. chubbi Sharpe, 1892 – eastern DR Congo to western Kenya C. c. Wikipedia →

70–80% of wildlife watchers report a Chubb's Cisticola sighting in Volcanoes National Park, based on 527 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Volcanoes National Park

Trilling Cisticola
LC

Trilling Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola woosnami

Insufficient data
Winding Cisticola
LC

Winding Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola marginatus

<5% · Rare
Singing Cisticola
LC

Singing Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola cantans

<5% · Rare
Wing-snapping Cisticola
LC

Wing-snapping Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola ayresii

Insufficient data
Carruthers's Cisticola
LC

Carruthers's Cisticola

Bird

Cisticola carruthersi

Insufficient data
Red-faced Cisticola
LC

Red-faced Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola erythrops

Insufficient data
Gray-capped Warbler
LC

Gray-capped Warbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Eminia lepida

10–20% · With luck
Black-faced Apalis
LC

Black-faced Apalis

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Apalis personata

10–20% · With luck
Chestnut-throated Apalis
LC

Chestnut-throated Apalis

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Apalis porphyrolaema

10–20% · With luck
Ruwenzori Apalis
LC

Ruwenzori Apalis

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oreolais ruwenzorii

10–20% · With luck
Tawny-flanked Prinia
LC

Tawny-flanked Prinia

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Prinia subflava

5–10% · With luck
Green-backed Camaroptera
LC

Green-backed Camaroptera

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Camaroptera brachyura

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
70–80
Feb
70–80
Mar
60–70
Apr
70–80
May
60–70
Jun
60–70
Jul
70–80
Aug
70–80
Sep
70–80
Oct
60–70
Nov
70–80
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
70–80%
2 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
70–80%
3 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
40–50%
4 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
40–50%
5 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
6 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
7 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
8 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
9 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Chubb's Cisticola in Volcanoes National Park?

About 71% of wildlife watchers report a Chubb's Cisticola sighting in Volcanoes National Park, based on 527 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Chubb's Cisticola in Volcanoes National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Chubb's Cisticola in Volcanoes National Park in our monthly data.

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