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Cisticola juncidis · Family Cisticolidae
Cisticola juncidis
Family Cisticolidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,173,204
- Countries and territories with records
- 138
About this species
This species has 1,173,204 occurrence records from 138 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (26.7%), Portugal (17.4%), France (12.9%), India (10.4%) and South Africa (10.2%); together they account for 77.6% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 0.6% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cisticola juncidis combines the genus name Cisticola with the species epithet juncidis. The Warbla app catalog lists 49 species of the genus Cisticola; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cisticola exilis, Cisticola chiniana and Cisticola fulvicapilla.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 154 species of the family Cisticolidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 24 times the family average (48,797). The family Cisticolidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.