Red-faced Cisticola
Cisticola erythrops
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusCisticola (Cisticolas)
- SpeciesCisticola erythrops (Red-faced Cisticola)
The red-faced cisticola (Cisticola erythrops) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is widely present across sub-Saharan Africa (rare in southern Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Hwange National Park
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Piping Cisticola
Cisticola fulvicapilla
Rock-loving Cisticola
Cisticola aberrans
Desert Cisticola
Cisticola aridulus
Gray Cisticola
Cisticola rufilatus
Croaking Cisticola
Cisticola natalensis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Stierling's Barred Warbler
Calamonastes stierlingi
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Apalis flavida
Greencap Eremomela
Eremomela scotops
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-faced Cisticola at Hwange National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there