Cisticola galactotes
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The rufous-winged cisticola (Cisticola galactotes) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found on the east coast of southern Africa. This taxon was split from the winding cisticola by the IOC and HBW, as were the Luapula cisticola, coastal cisticola and Ethiopian cisticola.
It is found in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps. Media related to Cisticola galactotes at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Cisticola galactotes at Wikispecies
Black-backed cisticola (A pre-split name for Rufous-winged cisticola) - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-winged Cisticola sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 143rd most-seen of the 219 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-winged Cisticola in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in December to October, the lowest months. That is one of Durban's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against 25 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-winged Cisticola sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Durban, in our data
Durban is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous-winged Cisticola sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-winged Cisticola is recorded against all the birds logged in Durban (22 verified sightings), 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.
