Family
Cisticolidae
140 species
The list of species of Cisticolidae family
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The list of species of Cisticolidae family
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The Common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius ) is a songbird found across tropical Asia. These birds are popular for their nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling as Darzee in his Jungle Book. Although shy birds that...
The ashy prinia or ashy wren-warbler (Prinia socialis ) is a small warbler in the family Cisticolidae. This prinia is a resident breeder in the Indian Subcontinent, ranging across most of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, eastern Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka...
The zitting cisticola or streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis ) is a widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa (outside the deserts and rainforest), and southern Asia down to northern...
The golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis ), also known as the bright-capped cisticola, is a species of warbler in the family Cisticolidae, found in Australia and thirteen Asian countries. Growing to 9–11.5 centimetres (3.5–4.5 in) long, it is...
The plain prinia (Prinia inornata ), also known as the plain wren-warbler or white-browed wren-warbler, is a small cisticolid warbler found in southeast Asia. It is a resident breeder from Pakistan and India to south China and southeast Asia. It was...
The graceful prinia (Prinia gracilis ) is a small warbler (in some older works it is referred to as graceful warbler). This prinia is a resident breeder in Northeast Africa (the Nile valley in particular) and southern Asia, from Egypt and Somalia...
The tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava ) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Prinia in the family Cisticolidae, a family of Old World warblers. It is widespread and common in most parts of Africa south of the Sahara. The plain prinia...
The grey-breasted prinia or Franklin's prinia (Prinia hodgsonii ) is a wren-warbler belonging to the family of small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. This prinia is a resident breeder in the Indian...
The bar-winged prinia (Prinia familiaris ) is a species of bird in the cisticola family Cisticolidae. The species is sometimes known as the bar-winged wren-warbler.
The jungle prinia (Prinia sylvatica ) is a small passerine bird, a warbler in the family Cisticolidae.
The yellow-bellied prinia (Prinia flaviventris ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.It is found in Pakistan, the southern Himalayan foothills, the northeastern Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.
The dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis ) is a songbird species. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it is now placed in the family Cisticolidae.It is found in Bangladesh, Northeast India and Southeast Asia. Its natural...
The Socotra warbler (Incana incana ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is monotypic within the genus Incana. It is endemic to Socotra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical...
The Ashy tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps ) is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and...
The green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura ), also known as the bleating camaroptera, is a small bird in the family Cisticolidae. This bird is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Recent studies suggest this species and...
The rufous-fronted prinia (Prinia buchanani ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.It is found in India and Pakistan.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.The species was described by Edward Blyth on the basis of an...
The Socotra cisticola (Cisticola haesitatus ) or island cisticola, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.It is endemic to Socotra Island in the Arabian Sea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or...
The Karoo prinia or spotted prinia (Prinia maculosa ) is a small passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in South Africa, Lesotho and far southern Namibia.It is a species of karoo scrub, fynbos and bracken covered slopes in semi-desert and...
The cricket warbler, also known as cricket longtail, scaly longtail or cricket prinia, (Spiloptila clamans ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It belongs to the genus Spiloptila ; it is often the only species included in the genus but...
The grey-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata ) is a small bird in the family Cisticolidae. This bird is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Recent studies suggest this species and the green-backed camaroptera may be the...
The Cambodian tailorbird (Orthotomus chaktomuk ) is a species of bird endemic to Cambodia, likely confined to a single dense shrub habitat in the floodplain of the Mekong river. It was first discovered and recorded by scientists in 2009 in Phnom...
The rufous-tailed tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus ) is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,...
The Rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.It is found in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent (mainly in the northeast) and southern Yunnan.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.
The yellow-breasted apalis (Apalis flavida ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
The oriole warbler (Hypergerus atriceps ) is a large warbler in the family Cisticolidae, and the only member of the genus Hypergerus. This bird is a resident breeder in west Africa from southern Senegal to Cameroon and north Zaire.This skulking...
The bar-throated apalis (Apalis thoracica ) is a small African passerine bird belonging to the genus Apalis of the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the eastern and southern Afrotropics.
The yellow-bellied eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis ) is an Old World warbler. However, the taxonomy of the "African warblers", an assemblage of usually species-poor and apparently rather ancient "odd warblers" from Africa is currently in a state...
The neddicky, or piping cisticola (Cisticola fulvicapilla ), is a small passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae, which is native to Africa, southwards of the equator. Its strongholds are the light woodlands and shrublands of the subtropics and...
The singing cisticola (Cisticola cantans ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia,...
The Himalayan prinia (Prinia crinigera ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It was formerly lumped in with the striped prinia (P. striata ) as the striated prinia.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and parts of China, with its...
The black-chested prinia (Prinia flavicans ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Prinias are small warblers that...
The hill prinia (Prinia superciliaris ) is a species of passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae.It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It was formerly considered con-specific with the black-throated...
The Philippine tailorbird (Orthotomus castaneiceps ) is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the western Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical...
The olive-backed tailorbird (Orthotomus sepium ) is a species of passerine bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.It is endemic to the islands of Java, Madura Island, Bali and Lombok.
The brown prinia (Prinia polychroa ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. The Burmese prinia (P. cooki ) and the Annam prinia (P. rocki ) were formerly lumped with this species.It is found in mainland Southeast Asia, namely in most of...
The rufous-eared warbler (Malcorus pectoralis ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. It is the only species in the genus Malcorus.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry...
Levaillant's cisticola (Cisticola tinniens ), also known as the tinkling cisticola, is a small passerine bird which is native to marshlands in the uplands of Africa, southwards of the equator.
Turner's eremomela (Eremomela turneri ) is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Uganda.Its natural habitats are...
The croaking cisticola (Cisticola natalensis ) is an Old World warbler in the genus Cisticola. This genus is sometimes split off with various other southern warbler genera and given family status as the Cisticolidae.The croaking cisticola is a...
The grey-backed tailorbird (Orthotomus derbianus ) is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the Philippine islands of Palawan, Luzon and Catanduanes.
The winding cisticola (Cisticola marginatus ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It has a scattered distribution across Africa south of the Sahara, and north of 11°S.
The common jery (Neomixis tenella ) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.It is endemic to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.It was first described in...