Bird group
Cisticolas and Allies
164 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.
The Aberdare Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The African Tailorbird is a small active songbird of sub-Saharan Africa. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Annam Prinia is a small active songbird of China and East Asia. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Ashy Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Ashy Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Ashy Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Bamenda Apalis is a small active songbird of sub-Saharan Africa. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Banded Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Bar-throated Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Bar-winged Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Barred Wren-Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Black-backed Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Black-capped Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Black-capped Rufous-Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Black-chested Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Black-collared Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Black-faced Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Black-faced Rufous-Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Black-headed Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Black-lored Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Black-necked Eremomela is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Black-throated Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Black-throated Prinia is a small active songbird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Boran Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Brown Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Brown-headed Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Bubbling Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Buff-bellied Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Buff-throated Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Burmese Prinia is a small active songbird of Southeast Asia. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Burnt-neck Eremomela is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Cambodian Tailorbird is a small active songbird of China and East Asia. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles…
The Carruthers's Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Chapin's Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Chattering Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Chestnut-throated Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Chirinda Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Chirping Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Chubb's Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Churring Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Cinnamon-breasted Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Cloud Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Coastal Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Common Jery is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Common Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Southeast Asia. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Cricket Longtail is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Croaking Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Dambo Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Dark-necked Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Borneo. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Delicate Prinia is a small active songbird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Desert Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Dorst's Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Drakensberg Prinia is a small active songbird of southern African open country. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge…
The Ethiopian Cisticola is a small active songbird of the Horn of Africa and East African drylands. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Foxy Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Golden-headed Cisticola is a small active songbird of Taiwan. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Gosling's Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Graceful Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Gray Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Gray Wren-Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Gray-backed Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Gray-backed Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Gray-breasted Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Gray-capped Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Gray-crowned Prinia is a small active songbird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Green Jery is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Green Longtail is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Green-backed Camaroptera is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Green-backed Eremomela is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Green-backed Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Green-capped Eremomela is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Hartert's Camaroptera is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Hill Prinia is a small active songbird of Sumatra. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for insects, often…
The Himalayan Prinia is a small active songbird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Huambo Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Hunter's Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Jungle Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Kabobo Apalis is a small active songbird of sub-Saharan Africa. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Karamoja Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Karoo Eremomela is a small active songbird of southern African open country. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge…
The Karoo Prinia is a small active songbird of southern African open country. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge…
The Kilombero Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Kungwe Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Levaillant's Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Leyte Plumed-Warbler is a small active songbird of the Philippine islands. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge…
The Long-billed Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Luapula Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Lynes's Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Maasai Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Madagascar Cisticola is a small active songbird of Madagascar. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Masked Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Mindanao Plumed-Warbler is a small active songbird of the Philippine islands. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge…
The Miombo Wren-Warbler is a small active songbird of sub-Saharan Africa. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles…
The Mrs. Moreau's Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Namaqua Warbler is a small active songbird of southern African open country. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge…
The Namuli Apalis is a small active songbird of sub-Saharan Africa. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Olive-backed Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Olive-green Camaroptera is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Oriole Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Pale Prinia is a small active songbird of the Horn of Africa and East African drylands. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Pale-crowned Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Pectoral-patch Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Piping Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Plain Prinia is a small active songbird of Taiwan. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for insects, often…
The Rattling Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Red-faced Cisticola is a small active songbird of North American coastal and inland waters. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Red-fronted Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Red-pate Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Red-winged Gray Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Red-winged Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The River Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Roberts's Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Rock-loving Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Rudd's Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Rufescent Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Rufous Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Rufous-crowned Eremomela is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Rufous-crowned Prinia is a small active songbird of China and East Asia. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles…
The Rufous-eared Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Rufous-fronted Prinia is a small active songbird of Southeast Asia. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Rufous-fronted Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Rufous-tailed Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Rufous-winged Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Rwenzori Apalis is a small active songbird of sub-Saharan Africa. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Sao Tome Prinia is a small active songbird of Sao Tome and Principe. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Senegal Eremomela is a small active songbird of the Sahel and northern sub-Saharan Africa. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Sharpe's Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Sierra Leone Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Siffling Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Singing Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Slender-tailed Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Socotra Cisticola is a small active songbird of Socotra and nearby Arabian Sea islands. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Socotra Warbler is a small active songbird of Socotra and nearby Arabian Sea islands. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Stierling's Wren-Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Stout Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Stripe-throated Jery is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Striped Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Tabora Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Taita Apalis is a small active songbird of sub-Saharan Africa. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for…
The Tana River Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Tawny-flanked Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Tinkling Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Tiny Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Trilling Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Turner's Eremomela is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Visayan Tailorbird is a small active songbird of the Philippine islands. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles…
The Wailing Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Whistling Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The White-browed Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The White-chinned Prinia is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The White-eared Tailorbird is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The White-tailed Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The White-tailed Warbler is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The White-winged Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub,…
The Winding Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or…
The Wing-snapping Cisticola is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Yellow-bellied Eremomela is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Yellow-bellied Prinia is a small active songbird of Taiwan. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles for insects,…
The Yellow-breasted Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Yellow-breasted Tailorbird is a small active songbird of the Philippine islands. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge…
The Yellow-browed Camaroptera is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Yellow-throated Apalis is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Yellow-vented Eremomela is a small active songbird of Old World tropical and subtropical habitats. It works through grasses, reeds,…
The Zitting Cisticola is a small active songbird of the Philippine islands. It works through grasses, reeds, scrub, or forest-edge tangles…
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