Levaillant's Cisticola

Cisticola tinniens

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
Genus
Cisticola
eBird Code
tincis1

Vocalizations

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Tommy Andriollo · CC_BY_4_0
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Subspecies (6)

  • 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

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.