Cisticola troglodytes
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The foxy cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to Central African Republic (Bozoum and Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Garamba National Park), Ethiopia (Gambela National Park), Kenya (Mount Elgon), Sudan (Ashana-Bandingilo-Dinder-Imatong Mountains and Juba) and Uganda (Kidepo Valley National Park, Mt Kie Forest, Mt. Moroto Forest Reserve and Mt Otzi Forest Reserve). It is also known to be vagrant to Mali. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
Notes Bibliography BirdLife Species Factsheet." www.birdlife.org. 1 BirdLife Species Factsheet. 3 Mar. 2008 <http://www.birdlife.org/print.html?url=%2Fdatazone%2Fsites%2Findex.html%3Faction%3DSpcHTMDetails.asp%26sid%3D7349%26m%3D1>. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Foxy Cisticola sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, based on 138 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 37th most-seen of the 332 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.
September and December–January
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Foxy Cisticola in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February and August, the lowest months. Those are among Kidepo Valley National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 130 mm in July. April and May have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Foxy 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 2 parks where we can rate Foxy Cisticola sightings, Kidepo Valley National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, under 5%).
Same genus: Cisticola
The closest relatives of the Foxy Cisticola that you can see in Kidepo Valley National Park (genus Cisticola, Cisticolas) are Croaking Cisticola (about 50%), Rattling Cisticola (about 50%) and Red-pate Cisticola (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Foxy Cisticola is recorded against all the birds logged in Kidepo Valley National Park (138 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.
