Cisticola subruficapilla

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Cisticolidae/Cisticola

At a glance

Occurrence records54 204

Data sources7

Biological traits26

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Cisticola subruficapilla's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility54 204 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF54 204 records

01Narrative

The grey-backed cisticola or red-headed cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla) is a small passerine bird. This cisticola is a resident breeder in southernmost Angola, Namibia and western South Africa. The grey-backed cisticola is a very common bird of coastal fynbos, karoo shrub and grassy areas on estuarine flats.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth2.5 mm

Beak length (culmen)11.7 mm

Beak length (nares)6.2 mm

Beak width2 mm

Body mass10.35 g

Body mass (female)9.25 g

Body mass (male)12.1 g

Hand-wing index13.1

Kipp's distance6.8 mm

Secondary length45 mm

Tail length54.6 mm

Tarsus length16.6 mm

Wing length52.6 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1.27 g

Litter size2.8

Diet & foraging7

Fruit10 %

Ground50 %

Invertebrate80 %

Seed10 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory50 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatShrubland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size910 757 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type54 204 records

Wild obs. + sensor54 088

Museum / vouchered116

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO26 472 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy85% within 1 km

≤100 m 699≤1 km 264≤10 km 60>10 km 113

1 136 georeferenced · 52 952 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor54 088

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy60% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 4≤10 km 2>10 km 2

10 georeferenced · 106 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence116

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions9 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	96
Cambridge, US	6
Seattle, US	4
Washington, US	3
München, DE	2
Paris, FR	1
Geneva, CH	1
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	1
Brussels, BE	1
	1

10 institutions · 116 of 116 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging7

Habitat & environment4

Record type54 204 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 10 geolocated

Record type54 204 records