Cisticola cantans
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The singing cisticola (Cisticola cantans) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to northern and eastern sub-Saharan Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Singing cisticola - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 4 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 5 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 7 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 9 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 11 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 14 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 15 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 16 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 17 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 18 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 3 | Lilongwe | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 4 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 6 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 7 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 8 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Singing Cisticola sighting in Nairobi National Park on a given day, based on 712 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 371 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.
May
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Singing Cisticola in Nairobi National Park on a given day, against about 30% in January and February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Singing 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 18 parks where we can rate Singing Cisticola sightings, Nairobi National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 30%) and Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 10%).
Same genus: Cisticola
The closest relatives of the Singing Cisticola that you can see in Nairobi National Park (genus Cisticola, Cisticolas) are Winding Cisticola (about 50%), Rattling Cisticola (about 40%) and Stout Cisticola (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Singing Cisticola is recorded against all the birds logged in Nairobi National Park (712 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.
