cisticola

Taken early one morning while walking along the causeway across a marsh.

Disturbed by a flock of sparrows this warbler tumbled down from the bush I was watching. It was clearly very cross and upset.

White-tailed Cisticola is an endemic species first described 1986. It is found in the Kilombero River swamps in the Ifakara region / Tanzania. The sp. is still awaiting formal description. See: https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=69045C0B...

The Kilombero Cisticola is an endemic species first described 1986. It is found in the Kilombero River swamps in the Ifakara region / Tanzania. The sp. is still awaiting formal description. See: https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=43B615B323D453C8...

Cisticolas are quite difficult to identify as they come under the heading of LBJs. I think this is a Zitting by the sound it makes. The other name is Fan-tailed Cisticola - I didn't see it fan its tail so I may be wrong! Taken at Avis dam, Windhoek, Namibia

In Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda

Adult. Common resident breeder of Singapore.

The zitting cisticola or streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis), is widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa (outside the deserts and rainforest), and southern Asia down to northern Australia. A small bird found mainly in grasslands, it is...

A inhabitant of the marshy grasslands the Plain Prinia is seen here at dusk doing a split.

Adult breeding. Common resident breeder of Singapore. Settings: 1500mm ISO160 1/320 f/3.3 0EV 50% crop.

From ancient Rome... a Zitting Cisticola

A.K.A.-Fan-tailed Warbler. Common resident birds here in Okinawa. They're starting their display behavior making long high curved flights singing in flight rather than when perched. Usually the first birds I hear in the morning. Starts my day off nice!

Bird was identified on call from a prominent dead tree in a large reedbed.

early morning picture in Garden of Seven Olives Hotel In Lallibela (Ethiopia)

I was taking photos of waterfowl and swans and while hiding was constantly serenaded by this little bird singing his heart out. Didn't take long to spot him and (even though this is the only Cisticola I have spotted to date) kept up his singing while watching his photo being taken. It was quite...

Or Ziting Cisticola if you prefer.

This little fellow threaded his way up through wire fence as I approached. The fence is between Sewage ponds and mangroves in Darwin, NT.