Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Cisticola tinniens

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 tinniens dyleffi

mountains northwest of Lake Tanganyika (west of Ruzizi Valley)
Cisticola tinniens elegans

southwestern South Africa
Cisticola tinniens oreophilus

highlands of western and central Kenya
Cisticola tinniens perpullus

Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia
Cisticola tinniens shiwae

northeastern Zambia to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and far southwestern Tanzania
Cisticola tinniens tinniens

Zimbabwe to south-central and southeastern South Africa

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.