Cisticola nana
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The tiny cisticola (Cisticola nana) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
BirdLife International 2004. Cisticola nanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Tiny Cisticola sighting in Mkomazi National Park on a given day, based on 52 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 49th most-seen of the 272 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tiny Cisticola in Mkomazi National Park on a given day, against about 20% in April, June, October and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Mkomazi National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in December. May has too few records to rate.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tiny Cisticola sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Tiny Cisticola sightings, Mkomazi National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Tsavo West National Park (Kenya, about 20%) and Meru National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
Same genus: Cisticola
The closest relatives of the Tiny Cisticola that you can see in Mkomazi National Park (genus Cisticola, Cisticolas) are Rattling Cisticola (about 40%), Ashy Cisticola (about 20%) and Winding Cisticola (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tiny Cisticola is recorded against all the birds logged in Mkomazi National Park (52 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.
