Rattling Cisticola

Where to see

Rattling Cisticola

Cisticola chiniana

uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 26 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Rattling Cisticola during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~70%
2 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
3 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~50%
4 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~50%
5 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
6 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~40%
7 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
8 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
9 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
10 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~40%
11 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
12 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
13 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
14 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~30%
15 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
16 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
17 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
18 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
19 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~20%
20 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
21 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
22 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~20%
23 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
~20%
24 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~20%
25 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Rattling Cisticola?

uMkhuze Game Reserve

In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Rattling Cisticola sighting on a given day, the highest of the 26 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Rattling Cisticola?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are June and October–November in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 80%), April in Lake Nakuru National Park (about 80%) and December in Kidepo Valley National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Rattling Cisticola on a given day. Each park's Rattling Cisticola page has the full month-by-month chart.