Chubb's Cisticola
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Chubb's Cisticola

Cisticola chubbi

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Queen Elizabeth National Park
19 Verified records at Queen Elizabeth National Park
April Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Chubb's cisticola (Cisticola chubbi) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the Western High Plateau, the Albertine Rift montane forests and the East African montane forests. There are four subspecies: C. c. adametzi Reichenow, 1910 – southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon C. c. discolor Sjöstedt, 1893 – Mount Cameroon (southwest Cameroon) – brown-backed cisticola C. c. chubbi Sharpe, 1892 – eastern DR Congo to western Kenya C. c. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Chubb's Cisticola sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park, based on 19 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Queen Elizabeth National Park

Zitting Cisticola
LC

Zitting Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola juncidis

30–40% · Possible
Croaking Cisticola
LC

Croaking Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola natalensis

20–30% · Possible
Trilling Cisticola
LC

Trilling Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola woosnami

10–20% · With luck
Winding Cisticola
LC

Winding Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola marginatus

10–20% · With luck
Red-faced Cisticola
LC

Red-faced Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola erythrops

10–20% · With luck
Stout Cisticola
LC

Stout Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola robustus

5–10% · With luck
Wing-snapping Cisticola
LC

Wing-snapping Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola ayresii

5–10% · With luck
Carruthers's Cisticola
LC

Carruthers's Cisticola

Bird

Cisticola carruthersi

5–10% · With luck
Siffling Cisticola
LC

Siffling Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola brachypterus

<5% · Rare
Singing Cisticola
LC

Singing Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola cantans

<5% · Rare
Rattling Cisticola
LC

Rattling Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola chiniana

<5% · Rare
Green-backed Camaroptera
LC

Green-backed Camaroptera

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Camaroptera brachyura

30–40% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
70–80%
2 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
70–80%
3 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
40–50%
4 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
40–50%
5 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
6 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
7 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
8 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
9 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Chubb's Cisticola in Queen Elizabeth National Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Chubb's Cisticola sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park, based on 19 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Chubb's Cisticola in Queen Elizabeth National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Chubb's Cisticola in Queen Elizabeth National Park in our monthly data.

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