Cisticola textrix
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The cloud cisticola or tink-tink cisticola (Cisticola textrix) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia, and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Cloud cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Golden Gate Highlands National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cloud Cisticola sighting in De Hoop Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 105th most-seen of the 189 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, September and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cloud Cisticola in De Hoop Nature Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May and August, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cloud 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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Cloud Cisticola sightings, De Hoop Nature Reserve has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Golden Gate Highlands National Park (South Africa, about 10%) and West Coast National Park (South Africa, under 5%).
Same genus: Cisticola
The closest relatives of the Cloud Cisticola that you can see in De Hoop Nature Reserve (genus Cisticola, Cisticolas) are Red-headed Cisticola (about 30%), Zitting 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 Cloud Cisticola is recorded against all the birds logged in De Hoop Nature Reserve (56 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.
