Biology:List of Cisticolidae species

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Cisticolas and allies form the bird family Cisticolidae. The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 168 species in the family; 53 are in genus Cisticola and the rest are distributed among 25 other genera.

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name	Binomial name	IOC sequence
Common jery	Neomixis tenella	1
Green jery	Neomixis viridis	2
Stripe-throated jery	Neomixis striatigula	3
Red-faced cisticola	Cisticola erythrops	4
Singing cisticola	Cisticola cantans	5
Whistling cisticola	Cisticola lateralis	6
Trilling cisticola	Cisticola woosnami	7
Chattering cisticola	Cisticola anonymus	8
Bubbling cisticola	Cisticola bulliens	9
Hunter's cisticola	Cisticola hunteri	10
Chubb's cisticola	Cisticola chubbi	11
Kilombero cisticola	Cisticola bakerorum	12
Black-lored cisticola	Cisticola nigriloris	13
Lazy cisticola	Cisticola aberrans	14
Rock-loving cisticola	Cisticola emini	15
Rattling cisticola	Cisticola chiniana	16
Boran cisticola	Cisticola bodessa	17
Churring cisticola	Cisticola njombe	18
Ashy cisticola	Cisticola cinereolus	19
Tana River cisticola	Cisticola restrictus	20
Tinkling cisticola	Cisticola rufilatus	21
Grey-backed cisticola	Cisticola subruficapilla	22
Wailing cisticola	Cisticola lais	23
Lynes's cisticola	Cisticola distinctus	24
Rufous-winged cisticola	Cisticola galactotes	25
Winding cisticola	Cisticola marginatus	26
Coastal cisticola	Cisticola haematocephalus	27
White-tailed cisticola	Cisticola anderseni	28
Ethiopian cisticola	Cisticola lugubris	29
Luapula cisticola	Cisticola luapula	30
Chirping cisticola	Cisticola pipiens	31
Carruthers's cisticola	Cisticola carruthersi	32
Levaillant's cisticola	Cisticola tinniens	33
Stout cisticola	Cisticola robustus	34
Aberdare cisticola	Cisticola aberdare	35
Croaking cisticola	Cisticola natalensis	36
Red-pate cisticola	Cisticola ruficeps	37
Dorst's cisticola	Cisticola guinea	38
Tiny cisticola	Cisticola nana	39
Short-winged cisticola	Cisticola brachypterus	40
Rufous cisticola	Cisticola rufus	41
Foxy cisticola	Cisticola troglodytes	42
Neddicky	Cisticola fulvicapilla	43
Long-tailed cisticola	Cisticola angusticauda	44
Black-tailed cisticola	Cisticola melanurus	45
Zitting cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	46
Socotra cisticola	Cisticola haesitatus	47
Madagascar cisticola	Cisticola cherina	48
Desert cisticola	Cisticola aridulus	49
Cloud cisticola	Cisticola textrix	50
Black-backed cisticola	Cisticola eximius	51
Dambo cisticola	Cisticola dambo	52
Pectoral-patch cisticola	Cisticola brunnescens	53
Pale-crowned cisticola	Cisticola cinnamomeus	54
Wing-snapping cisticola	Cisticola ayresii	55
Golden-headed cisticola	Cisticola exilis	56
Socotra warbler	Incana incana	57
Himalayan prinia	Prinia crinigera	58
Striped prinia	Prinia striata	59
Brown prinia	Prinia polychroa	60
Burmese prinia	Prinia cooki	61
Annam prinia	Prinia rocki	62
Black-throated prinia	Prinia atrogularis	63
Rufous-crowned prinia	Prinia khasiana	64
Hill prinia	Prinia superciliaris	65
Grey-crowned prinia	Prinia cinereocapilla	66
Rufous-fronted prinia	Prinia buchanani	67
Rufescent prinia	Prinia rufescens	68
Grey-breasted prinia	Prinia hodgsonii	69
Graceful prinia	Prinia gracilis	70
Delicate prinia	Prinia lepida	71
Jungle prinia	Prinia sylvatica	72
Bar-winged prinia	Prinia familiaris	73
Yellow-bellied prinia	Prinia flaviventris	74
Ashy prinia	Prinia socialis	75
Tawny-flanked prinia	Prinia subflava	76
Plain prinia	Prinia inornata	77
Pale prinia	Prinia somalica	78
River prinia	Prinia fluviatilis	79
Black-chested prinia	Prinia flavicans	80
Karoo prinia	Prinia maculosa	81
Drakensberg prinia	Prinia hypoxantha	82
Sao Tome prinia	Prinia molleri	83
Banded prinia	Prinia bairdii	84
Black-faced prinia	Prinia melanops	85
Red-winged prinia	Prinia erythroptera	86
Red-fronted prinia	Prinia rufifrons	87
White-chinned prinia	Schistolais leucopogon	88
Sierra Leone prinia	Schistolais leontica	89
Namaqua warbler	Phragmacia substriata	90
Roberts's warbler	Oreophilais robertsi	91
Visayan miniature babbler	Micromacronus leytensis	92
Mindanao miniature babbler	Micromacronus sordidus	93
Green longtail	Urolais epichlorus	94
Black-collared apalis	Oreolais pulcher	95
Rwenzori apalis	Oreolais ruwenzorii	96
Red-winged grey warbler	Drymocichla incana	97
Cricket warbler	Spiloptila clamans	98
Buff-bellied warbler	Phyllolais pulchella	99
Bar-throated apalis	Apalis thoracica	100
Yellow-throated apalis	Apalis flavigularis	101
Taita apalis	Apalis fuscigularis	102
Namuli apalis	Apalis lynesi	103
Rudd's apalis	Apalis ruddi	104
Brown-tailed apalis	Apalis flavocincta	105
Yellow-breasted apalis	Apalis flavida	106
Lowland masked apalis	Apalis binotata	107
Mountain masked apalis	Apalis personata	108
Black-throated apalis	Apalis jacksoni	109
White-winged apalis	Apalis chariessa	110
Black-capped apalis	Apalis nigriceps	111
Black-headed apalis	Apalis melanocephala	112
Chirinda apalis	Apalis chirindensis	113
Chestnut-throated apalis	Apalis porphyrolaema	114
Kabobo apalis	Apalis kaboboensis	115
Chapin's apalis	Apalis chapini	116
Sharpe's apalis	Apalis sharpii	117
Buff-throated apalis	Apalis rufogularis	118
Kungwe apalis	Apalis argentea	119
Karamoja apalis	Apalis karamojae	120
Bamenda apalis	Apalis bamendae	121
Gosling's apalis	Apalis goslingi	122
Grey apalis	Apalis cinerea	123
Brown-headed apalis	Apalis alticola	124
Rufous-eared warbler	Malcorus pectoralis	125
Oriole warbler	Hypergerus atriceps	126
Grey-capped warbler	Eminia lepida	127
Green-backed camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	128
Grey-backed camaroptera	Camaroptera brevicaudata	129
Hartert's camaroptera	Camaroptera harterti	130
Yellow-browed camaroptera	Camaroptera superciliaris	131
Olive-green camaroptera	Camaroptera chloronota	132
Grey wren-warbler	Calamonastes simplex	133
Miombo wren-warbler	Calamonastes undosus	134
Stierling's wren-warbler	Calamonastes stierlingi	135
Barred wren-warbler	Calamonastes fasciolatus	136
Cinnamon-breasted warbler	Euryptila subcinnamomea	137
Black-headed rufous warbler	Bathmocercus cerviniventris	138
Black-faced rufous warbler	Bathmocercus rufus	139
Winifred's warbler	Scepomycter winifredae	140
Rubeho warbler	Scepomycter rubehoensis	141
Common tailorbird	Orthotomus sutorius	142
Dark-necked tailorbird	Orthotomus atrogularis	143
Cambodian tailorbird	Orthotomus chaktomuk	144
Philippine tailorbird	Orthotomus castaneiceps	145
Trilling tailorbird	Orthotomus chloronotus	146
Rufous-fronted tailorbird	Orthotomus frontalis	147
Grey-backed tailorbird	Orthotomus derbianus	148
Rufous-tailed tailorbird	Orthotomus sericeus	149
Ashy tailorbird	Orthotomus ruficeps	150
Olive-backed tailorbird	Orthotomus sepium	151
White-eared tailorbird	Orthotomus cinereiceps	152
Black-headed tailorbird	Orthotomus nigriceps	153
Yellow-breasted tailorbird	Orthotomus samarensis	154
Long-billed forest warbler	Artisornis moreaui	155
Red-capped forest warbler	Artisornis metopias	156
White-tailed warbler	Poliolais lopezi	157
Yellow-bellied eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis	158
Salvadori's eremomela	Eremomela salvadorii	159
Yellow-vented eremomela	Eremomela flavicrissalis	160
Senegal eremomela	Eremomela pusilla	161
Green-backed eremomela	Eremomela canescens	162
Green-capped eremomela	Eremomela scotops	163
Karoo eremomela	Eremomela gregalis	164
Burnt-necked eremomela	Eremomela usticollis	165
Rufous-crowned eremomela	Eremomela badiceps	166
Turner's eremomela	Eremomela turneri	167
Black-necked eremomela	Eremomela atricollis	168