Cisticolas and allies form the bird family Cisticolidae. The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 168 species in the family; 53 are in genus Cisticola and the rest are distributed among 25 other genera.[1]
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Common jery | Neomixis tenella (Hartlaub, 1866) | 1 |
| Green jery | Neomixis viridis (Sharpe, 1883) | 2 |
| Stripe-throated jery | Neomixis striatigula Sharpe, 1881 | 3 |
| Red-faced cisticola | Cisticola erythrops (Hartlaub, 1857) | 4 |
| Singing cisticola | Cisticola cantans (Heuglin, 1869) | 5 |
| Whistling cisticola | Cisticola lateralis (Fraser, 1843) | 6 |
| Trilling cisticola | Cisticola woosnami Ogilvie-Grant, 1908 | 7 |
| Chattering cisticola | Cisticola anonymus (Müller, JW, 1855) | 8 |
| Bubbling cisticola | Cisticola bulliens Lynes, 1930 | 9 |
| Hunter's cisticola | Cisticola hunteri Shelley, 1889 | 10 |
| Chubb's cisticola | Cisticola chubbi Sharpe, 1892 | 11 |
| Kilombero cisticola | Cisticola bakerorum Fjeldså, Dinesen, Davies, Irestedt, Krabbe, Hansen & Bowie, 2021 | 12 |
| Black-lored cisticola | Cisticola nigriloris Shelley, 1897 | 13 |
| Lazy cisticola | Cisticola aberrans (Smith, A, 1843) | 14 |
| Rock-loving cisticola | Cisticola emini Reichenow, 1892 | 15 |
| Rattling cisticola | Cisticola chiniana (Smith, A, 1843) | 16 |
| Boran cisticola | Cisticola bodessa Mearns, 1913 | 17 |
| Churring cisticola | Cisticola njombe Lynes, 1933 | 18 |
| Ashy cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus Salvadori, 1888 | 19 |
| Tana River cisticola | Cisticola restrictus Traylor, 1967 | 20 |
| Tinkling cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus (Hartlaub, 1870) | 21 |
| Grey-backed cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla (Smith, A, 1843) | 22 |
| Wailing cisticola | Cisticola lais (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) | 23 |
| Lynes's cisticola | Cisticola distinctus Lynes, 1930 | 24 |
| Rufous-winged cisticola | Cisticola galactotes (Temminck, 1821) | 25 |
| Winding cisticola | Cisticola marginatus (Heuglin, 1869) | 26 |
| Coastal cisticola | Cisticola haematocephalus Cabanis, 1868 | 27 |
| White-tailed cisticola | Cisticola anderseni Fjeldså, Dinesen, Davies, Irestedt, Krabbe, Hansen & Bowie, 2021 | 28 |
| Ethiopian cisticola | Cisticola lugubris (Rüppell, 1840) | 29 |
| Luapula cisticola | Cisticola luapula Lynes, 1933 | 30 |
| Chirping cisticola | Cisticola pipiens Lynes, 1930 | 31 |
| Carruthers's cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi Ogilvie-Grant, 1909 | 32 |
| Levaillant's cisticola | Cisticola tinniens (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1842) | 33 |
| Stout cisticola | Cisticola robustus (Rüppell, 1845) | 34 |
| Aberdare cisticola | Cisticola aberdare Lynes, 1930 | 35 |
| Croaking cisticola | Cisticola natalensis (Smith, A, 1843) | 36 |
| Red-pate cisticola | Cisticola ruficeps (Cretzschmar, 1830) | 37 |
| Dorst's cisticola | Cisticola guinea Lynes, 1930 | 38 |
| Tiny cisticola | Cisticola nana Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884 | 39 |
| Short-winged cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus (Sharpe, 1870) | 40 |
| Rufous cisticola | Cisticola rufus (Fraser, 1843) | 41 |
| Foxy cisticola | Cisticola troglodytes (Antinori, 1864) | 42 |
| Neddicky | Cisticola fulvicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) | 43 |
| Long-tailed cisticola | Cisticola angusticauda Reichenow, 1891 | 44 |
| Black-tailed cisticola | Cisticola melanurus (Cabanis, 1882) | 45 |
| Zitting cisticola | Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque, 1810) | 46 |
| Socotra cisticola | Cisticola haesitatus (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub, 1881) | 47 |
| Madagascar cisticola | Cisticola cherina (Smith, A, 1843) | 48 |
| Desert cisticola | Cisticola aridulus Witherby, 1900 | 49 |
| Cloud cisticola | Cisticola textrix (Vieillot, 1817) | 50 |
| Black-backed cisticola | Cisticola eximius (Heuglin, 1869) | 51 |
| Dambo cisticola | Cisticola dambo Lynes, 1931 | 52 |
| Pectoral-patch cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens Heuglin, 1862 | 53 |
| Pale-crowned cisticola | Cisticola cinnamomeus Reichenow, 1904 | 54 |
| Wing-snapping cisticola | Cisticola ayresii Hartlaub, 1863 | 55 |
| Golden-headed cisticola | Cisticola exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) | 56 |
| Socotra warbler | Incana incana (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub, 1881) | 57 |
| Himalayan prinia | Prinia crinigera Hodgson, 1836 | 58 |
| Striped prinia | Prinia striata Swinhoe, 1859 | 59 |
| Brown prinia | Prinia polychroa (Temminck, 1828) | 60 |
| Burmese prinia | Prinia cooki (Harington, 1913) | 61 |
| Annam prinia | Prinia rocki Deignan, 1957 | 62 |
| Black-throated prinia | Prinia atrogularis (Moore, F, 1854) | 63 |
| Rufous-crowned prinia | Prinia khasiana (Godwin-Austen, 1876) | 64 |
| Hill prinia | Prinia superciliaris (Anderson, 1871) | 65 |
| Grey-crowned prinia | Prinia cinereocapilla Moore, F, 1854 | 66 |
| Rufous-fronted prinia | Prinia buchanani Blyth, 1844 | 67 |
| Rufescent prinia | Prinia rufescens Blyth, 1847 | 68 |
| Grey-breasted prinia | Prinia hodgsonii Blyth, 1844 | 69 |
| Graceful prinia | Prinia gracilis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 70 |
| Delicate prinia | Prinia lepida Blyth, 1844 | 71 |
| Jungle prinia | Prinia sylvatica Jerdon, 1840 | 72 |
| Bar-winged prinia | Prinia familiaris Horsfield, 1821 | 73 |
| Yellow-bellied prinia | Prinia flaviventris (Delessert, 1840) | 74 |
| Ashy prinia | Prinia socialis Sykes, 1832 | 75 |
| Tawny-flanked prinia | Prinia subflava (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 76 |
| Plain prinia | Prinia inornata Sykes, 1832 | 77 |
| Pale prinia | Prinia somalica (Elliot, DG, 1897) | 78 |
| River prinia | Prinia fluviatilis Chappuis, 1974 | 79 |
| Black-chested prinia | Prinia flavicans (Vieillot, 1821) | 80 |
| Karoo prinia | Prinia maculosa (Boddaert, 1783) | 81 |
| Drakensberg prinia | Prinia hypoxantha (Sharpe, 1877) | 82 |
| Sao Tome prinia | Prinia molleri Barboza du Bocage, 1887 | 83 |
| Banded prinia | Prinia bairdii (Cassin, 1855) | 84 |
| Black-faced prinia | Prinia melanops (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) | 85 |
| Red-winged prinia | Prinia erythroptera (Jardine, 1849) | 86 |
| Red-fronted prinia | Prinia rufifrons Rüppell, 1840 | 87 |
| White-chinned prinia | Schistolais leucopogon (Cabanis, 1875) | 88 |
| Sierra Leone prinia | Schistolais leontica (Bates, GL, 1930) | 89 |
| Namaqua warbler | Phragmacia substriata (Smith, A, 1842) | 90 |
| Roberts's warbler | Oreophilais robertsi (Benson, 1946) | 91 |
| Visayan miniature babbler | Micromacronus leytensis Amadon, 1962 | 92 |
| Mindanao miniature babbler | Micromacronus sordidus Ripley & Rabor, 1968 | 93 |
| Green longtail | Urolais epichlorus (Reichenow, 1892) | 94 |
| Black-collared apalis | Oreolais pulcher (Sharpe, 1891) | 95 |
| Rwenzori apalis | Oreolais ruwenzorii (Jackson, FJ, 1904) | 96 |
| Red-winged grey warbler | Drymocichla incana Hartlaub, 1881 | 97 |
| Cricket warbler | Spiloptila clamans (Cretzschmar, 1826) | 98 |
| Buff-bellied warbler | Phyllolais pulchella (Cretzschmar, 1830) | 99 |
| Bar-throated apalis | Apalis thoracica (Shaw, 1811) | 100 |
| Yellow-throated apalis | Apalis flavigularis Shelley, 1893 | 101 |
| Taita apalis | Apalis fuscigularis Moreau, 1938 | 102 |
| Namuli apalis | Apalis lynesi Vincent, 1933 | 103 |
| Rudd's apalis | Apalis ruddi Grant, CHB, 1908 | 104 |
| Brown-tailed apalis | Apalis flavocincta (Sharpe, 1882) | 105 |
| Yellow-breasted apalis | Apalis flavida (Strickland, 1853) | 106 |
| Lowland masked apalis | Apalis binotata Reichenow, 1895 | 107 |
| Mountain masked apalis | Apalis personata Sharpe, 1902 | 108 |
| Black-throated apalis | Apalis jacksoni Sharpe, 1891 | 109 |
| White-winged apalis | Apalis chariessa Reichenow, 1879 | 110 |
| Black-capped apalis | Apalis nigriceps (Shelley, 1873) | 111 |
| Black-headed apalis | Apalis melanocephala (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) | 112 |
| Chirinda apalis | Apalis chirindensis Shelley, 1906 | 113 |
| Chestnut-throated apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 | 114 |
| Kabobo apalis | Apalis kaboboensis Prigogine, 1955 | 115 |
| Chapin's apalis | Apalis chapini Friedmann, 1928 | 116 |
| Sharpe's apalis | Apalis sharpii Shelley, 1884 | 117 |
| Buff-throated apalis | Apalis rufogularis (Fraser, 1843) | 118 |
| Kungwe apalis | Apalis argentea Moreau, 1941 | 119 |
| Karamoja apalis | Apalis karamojae (Van Someren, 1921) | 120 |
| Bamenda apalis | Apalis bamendae Bannerman, 1922 | 121 |
| Gosling's apalis | Apalis goslingi Alexander, 1908 | 122 |
| Grey apalis | Apalis cinerea (Sharpe, 1891) | 123 |
| Brown-headed apalis | Apalis alticola (Shelley, 1899) | 124 |
| Rufous-eared warbler | Malcorus pectoralis Smith, A, 1829 | 125 |
| Oriole warbler | Hypergerus atriceps (Lesson, RP, 1831) | 126 |
| Grey-capped warbler | Eminia lepida Hartlaub, 1881 | 127 |
| Green-backed camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura (Vieillot, 1821) | 128 |
| Grey-backed camaroptera | Camaroptera brevicaudata (Cretzschmar, 1830) | 129 |
| Hartert's camaroptera | Camaroptera harterti Zedlitz, 1911 | 130 |
| Yellow-browed camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris (Fraser, 1843) | 131 |
| Olive-green camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota Reichenow, 1895 | 132 |
| Grey wren-warbler | Calamonastes simplex (Cabanis, 1878) | 133 |
| Miombo wren-warbler | Calamonastes undosus (Reichenow, 1882) | 134 |
| Stierling's wren-warbler | Calamonastes stierlingi Reichenow, 1901 | 135 |
| Barred wren-warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus (Smith, A, 1847) | 136 |
| Cinnamon-breasted warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea (Smith, A, 1847) | 137 |
| Black-headed rufous warbler | Bathmocercus cerviniventris (Sharpe, 1877) | 138 |
| Black-faced rufous warbler | Bathmocercus rufus Reichenow, 1895 | 139 |
| Winifred's warbler | Scepomycter winifredae (Moreau, 1938) | 140 |
| Rubeho warbler | Scepomycter rubehoensis Bowie, Fjeldså & Kiure, 2009 | 141 |
| Common tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius (Pennant, 1769) | 142 |
| Dark-necked tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis Temminck, 1836 | 143 |
| Cambodian tailorbird | Orthotomus chaktomuk Mahood, John, Eames, JC, Oliveros, Moyle, Chamnan, Poole, Nielsen & Sheldon, 2013 |
144 |
| Philippine tailorbird | Orthotomus castaneiceps Walden, 1872 | 145 |
| Trilling tailorbird | Orthotomus chloronotus Ogilvie-Grant, 1895 | 146 |
| Rufous-fronted tailorbird | Orthotomus frontalis Sharpe, 1877 | 147 |
| Grey-backed tailorbird | Orthotomus derbianus Moore, F, 1855 | 148 |
| Rufous-tailed tailorbird | Orthotomus sericeus Temminck, 1836 | 149 |
| Ashy tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps (Lesson, RP, 1830) | 150 |
| Olive-backed tailorbird | Orthotomus sepium Horsfield, 1821 | 151 |
| White-eared tailorbird | Orthotomus cinereiceps Sharpe, 1877 | 152 |
| Black-headed tailorbird | Orthotomus nigriceps Tweeddale, 1878 | 153 |
| Yellow-breasted tailorbird | Orthotomus samarensis Steere, 1890 | 154 |
| Long-billed forest warbler | Artisornis moreaui (Sclater, WL, 1931) | 155 |
| Red-capped forest warbler | Artisornis metopias (Reichenow, 1907) | 156 |
| White-tailed warbler | Poliolais lopezi (Alexander, 1903) | 157 |
| Yellow-bellied eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis (Lafresnaye, 1839) | 158 |
| Salvadori's eremomela | Eremomela salvadorii Reichenow, 1891 | 159 |
| Yellow-vented eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis Sharpe, 1895 | 160 |
| Senegal eremomela | Eremomela pusilla Hartlaub, 1857 | 161 |
| Green-backed eremomela | Eremomela canescens Antinori, 1864 | 162 |
| Green-capped eremomela | Eremomela scotops Sundevall, 1850 | 163 |
| Karoo eremomela | Eremomela gregalis (Smith, A, 1829) | 164 |
| Burnt-necked eremomela | Eremomela usticollis Sundevall, 1850 | 165 |
| Rufous-crowned eremomela | Eremomela badiceps (Fraser, 1843) | 166 |
| Turner's eremomela | Eremomela turneri Van Someren, 1920 | 167 |
| Black-necked eremomela | Eremomela atricollis Barboza du Bocage, 1894 | 168 |
References edit
- ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2024). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, tetrakas, cisticolas, allies". IOC World Bird List. v 14.1. Retrieved January 4, 2024.