Cisticola troglodytes
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Foxy Cisticola sighting in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 261st most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Foxy Cisticola in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and August–April, the lowest months.
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.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Foxy Cisticola sightings, Murchison Falls National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 40%).
Same genus: Cisticola
The closest relatives of the Foxy Cisticola that you can see in Murchison Falls National Park (genus Cisticola, Cisticolas) are Rattling Cisticola (about 40%), Zitting Cisticola (about 30%) and Croaking Cisticola (about 20%), 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 Murchison Falls National Park (31 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.
