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The zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) is a small, brown songbird found across Africa, Asia, and southern Europe that has expanded its range significantly over the past century. It matters because its rapid spread into new territories makes it an important case study for understanding how climate change and human activity affect bird populations and ecosystems worldwide.
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Species
Least ConcernZitting Cisticola
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae
Observations17,697
via GBIF · IUCN
Bird sounds
- song, flight song· China· quality A
- call, song· China· quality A
- flight call· Spain· quality A
Article
The zitting cisticola, formerly also fan-tailed warbler or streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis) is a widely distributed Old World warbler in the family Cisticolidae, whose breeding range includes western and southern Europe, Africa outside the deserts and rainforest, and southern Asia down to northern Australia. A small bird found mainly in grasslands, it is best identified by its rufous rump; in addition it lacks any gold on the collar and the brownish tail is tipped with white. During the breeding season males have a zigzagging flight display accompanied by regular "zit" calls that give it its English name. They build their pouch nest suspended within a clump of grass.
Taxonomy and systematics