Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Cisticola aridulus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Cisticola aridulus aridulus

southern Mauritania and Senegal eastward to Sudan
Cisticola aridulus caliginus

eastern South Africa (south to KwaZulu-Natal), Eswatini, and southern Mozambique
Cisticola aridulus eremicus

southern Angola to northern Namibia, southern Zambia, Zimbabwe, and northern Botswana
Cisticola aridulus kalahari

central Namibia to southern Botswana and South Africa
Cisticola aridulus lavendulae

coastal Eritrea to Ethiopia and Somalia
Cisticola aridulus lobito

coastal Angola
Cisticola aridulus perplexus

northern Zambia (Bangweulu swamps)
Cisticola aridulus tanganyika

Kenya and Tanzania
Cisticola aridulus traylori

eastern Angola and far western Zambia

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.