Cisticola aberdare
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Aberdare cisticola (Cisticola aberdare) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-elevation grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Aberdare cisticola is 12–15 cm (4.7–5.9 in) in length, and weighs 18–24 g (0.63–0.85 oz). It is a large and stocky cisticola with a heavy bill, plain face, boldly striped upperparts, and a medium-long graduated tail. Its voice is a mixture of peeuu tew tew and other short trills.
It feeds on beetles and flies, foraging for them by searching through vegetation and on the ground. The Aberdare cisticola is believed to be monogamous, solitary and territorial. It breeds from January through May and August through November, building a nest out of a flimsy ball of branches and leaves. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Aberdare Cisticola sighting in Aberdare National Park on a given day, based on 192 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 217 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Aberdare Cisticola in Aberdare National Park on a given day, against about 30% in July, the lowest month. That is one of Aberdare National Park's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain against 55 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Aberdare Cisticola sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Aberdare National Park, in our data
Aberdare National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Aberdare Cisticola sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Cisticola
The closest relatives of the Aberdare Cisticola that you can see in Aberdare National Park (genus Cisticola, Cisticolas) are Hunter's Cisticola (about 80%) and Rattling Cisticola (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Aberdare Cisticola is recorded against all the birds logged in Aberdare National Park (192 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
