Cisticola cinnamomeus
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The pale-crowned cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. Cisticola cinnamomeus was split from Cisticola brunnescens (pectoral-patch cisticola); since 2000 it has been recognised as a separate species by most world bird-listing authorities.
It is found in Africa from eastern South Africa to Gabon and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are damp or marshy areas in upland grassland. Pectoral-patch cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-crowned Cisticola sighting in Harare on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 186th most-seen of the 213 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-crowned Cisticola in Harare on a given day, against under 5% in January to November, the lowest months. That is one of Harare's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain against almost none in August.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-crowned 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 Harare, in our data
Harare is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pale-crowned Cisticola sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Cisticola
The closest relatives of the Pale-crowned Cisticola that you can see in Harare (genus Cisticola, Cisticolas) are Red-faced Cisticola (about 20%), Rattling Cisticola (about 10%) and Levaillant's Cisticola (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-crowned Cisticola is recorded against all the birds logged in Harare (7 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.
