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Levaillant's Cisticola

Cisticola tinniens · Family Cisticolidae

Cisticola tinniens

Family Cisticolidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
GBIF occurrence records
180,953
Countries and territories with records
14
Levaillant's Cisticola
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About this species

This species has 180,953 occurrence records from 14 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). South Africa accounts for 97.8% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.44% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Cisticola tinniens combines the genus name Cisticola with the species epithet tinniens. The Warbla app catalog lists 49 species of the genus Cisticola; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cisticola juncidis, Cisticola exilis and Cisticola chiniana.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 154 species of the family Cisticolidae. This species ranks 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cisticola juncidis. Its record count is 3.7 times the family average (48,797). The family Cisticolidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Cisticolidae

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