Cisticola rufus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The rufous cisticola (Cisticola rufus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous Cisticola sighting in Mole National Park on a given day, based on 100 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th most-seen of the 266 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.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous Cisticola in Mole National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March–June, September–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Mole National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 220 mm in August. July has too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous 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 Mole National Park, in our data
Mole National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous Cisticola sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Cisticola
The closest relatives of the Rufous Cisticola that you can see in Mole National Park (genus Cisticola, Cisticolas) are Singing Cisticola (about 20%), Dorst's Cisticola (about 20%) and Rock-loving Cisticola (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous Cisticola is recorded against all the birds logged in Mole National Park (100 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.
