Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Cisticola

Grey-backed Cisticola

Cisticola subruficapilla

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 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)

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.