Grey-backed Cisticola

Cisticola subruficapilla

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
Genus
Cisticola
eBird Code
rehcis2

Vocalizations

Natasha Murwill · CC0_1_0

Subspecies (6)

  • Cisticola subruficapilla jamesi

    east-central South Africa (southern Free State and Eastern Cape)

  • Cisticola subruficapilla karasensis

    southern Namibia (Great Namaqualand) and northern Northern Cape (South Africa)

  • Cisticola subruficapilla namaqua

    western South Africa: Orange River southward to Oliphants River, eastward to the western Karoo

  • Cisticola subruficapilla newtoni

    southwestern Angola to Namibia (Kaokoveld)

  • Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla

    southwestern South Africa (south of the Oliphants River, eastward to Knysna)

  • Cisticola subruficapilla windhoekensis

    central Namibia (Waterberg Mountains to Naukluft Mountains)

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.