Red-faced Cisticola

Cisticola erythrops

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
Genus
Cisticola
eBird Code
refcis1

Subspecies (6)

  • Cisticola erythrops erythrops

    Senegambia to Central African Republic

  • Cisticola erythrops lepe

    Angola

  • Cisticola erythrops niloticus

    southeastern Sudan (upper Blue Nile) and adjacent western Ethiopia

  • Cisticola erythrops nyasa

    far southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southern Tanzania, northern Botswana, and KwaZulu-Natal

  • Cisticola erythrops pyrrhomitra

    southeastern South Sudan and Ethiopia

  • Cisticola erythrops sylvia

    northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southwestern South Sudan to Kenya and central Tanzania

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.