Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) - BirdLife species factsheet

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2013	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	Does not normally occur in forest
Land mass type		Average mass	-

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	134,000,000	medium
Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2)	129,000,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	Increasing		estimated	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	4.2	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified. The European population is estimated at 922,000-2,140,000 pairs, which equates to 1,840,000-4,280,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). However Europe forms approximately <5% of the global range so extrapolating to the global population size is not appropriate. National population estimates include: c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs in China; c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs in Taiwan; c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs in Korea and c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs in Japan (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification: The population is estimated to be increasing following recorded range expansions in recent years (del Hoyo et al. 2006), although in Europe, trends between 1998 and 2013 have been stable (EBCC 2015).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding
Afghanistan	U	Extant
Albania	N	Extant		Yes
Algeria	N	Extant
Angola	N	Extant
Australia	N	Extant		Yes
Austria	V	Extant
Bangladesh	N	Extant		Yes
Belgium	N	Extant		Yes
Benin	N	Extant
Botswana	N	Extant
Bulgaria	V	Extant
Burkina Faso	N	Extant
Burundi	N	Extant
Cambodia	N	Extant		Yes
Cameroon	N	Extant
Central African Republic	N	Extant
Chad	N	Extant
China (mainland)	N	Extant		Yes
Congo	N	Extant
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	N	Extant
Côte d'Ivoire	N	Extant
Croatia	N	Extant	Yes
Cyprus	N	Extant	Yes
Denmark	V	Extant
Egypt	N	Extant
Equatorial Guinea	N	Extant
Eritrea	N	Extant
Eswatini	N	Extant
Ethiopia	N	Extant
France	N	Extant	Yes
Gabon	N	Extant
Gambia	N	Extant
Ghana	N	Extant
Gibraltar (to UK)	N	Extant	Yes
Greece	N	Extant		Yes
Guinea	N	Extant
Guinea-Bissau	N	Extant
Hong Kong (China)	N	Extant		Yes
India	N	Extant		Yes
Indonesia	N	Extant		Yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	N	Extant	Yes
Iraq	N	Extant	Yes
Ireland	V	Extant
Israel	N	Extant		Yes
Italy	N	Extant	Yes
Japan	N	Extant		Yes
Jordan	N	Extant			Yes
Kenya	N	Extant
Kuwait	V	Extant			Yes
Laos	N	Extant		Yes
Lebanon	N	Extant	Yes
Lesotho	N	Extant
Libya	N	Extant
Liechtenstein	V	Extant
Malawi	N	Extant
Mali	N	Extant
Malta	N	Extant	Yes
Mauritania	N	Extant
Montenegro	N	Extant		Yes
Morocco	N	Extant
Mozambique	N	Extant
Myanmar	N	Extant		Yes
Namibia	N	Extant
Nepal	N	Extant		Yes
Netherlands	N	Extant	Yes
Niger	N	Extant
Nigeria	N	Extant
North Macedonia	N	Extant		Yes
Oman	V	Extant			Yes
Pakistan	N	Extant		Yes
Palestine	N	Extant	Yes
Philippines	N	Extant		Yes
Portugal	N	Extant	Yes
Rwanda	N	Extant
Saudi Arabia	N	Extant	Yes
Senegal	N	Extant
Serbia	N	Extant		Yes
Sierra Leone	N	Extant
Singapore	N	Extant		Yes
Slovenia	N	Extant	Yes
Somalia	N	Extant
South Africa	N	Extant
South Korea	N	Extant		Yes
South Sudan	N	Extant	Yes
Spain	N	Extant	Yes
Sri Lanka	N	Extant		Yes
Sudan	N	Extant
Sweden	V	Extant
Switzerland	N	Extant		Yes
Syria	N	Extant	Yes
Taiwan, China	N	Extant		Yes
Tanzania	N	Extant
Thailand	N	Extant		Yes
Timor-Leste	N	Extant	Yes
Togo	N	Extant
Tunisia	N	Extant
Turkey	N	Extant	Yes
Uganda	N	Extant
United Kingdom	V	Extant
Vietnam	N	Extant		Yes
Yemen	N	Extant	Yes
Zambia	N	Extant
Zimbabwe	N	Extant

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Slovenia	Sečovlje saltpans
Greece	Mesolongi and Aitoliko lagoons, Acheloos delta and Evinos estuary
Greece	Alyki lagoon, Aigio
Greece	Lake Stymfalia
Greece	Megalo and Mikro Livari lagoons, Istiaia
Greece	Lake Kourna, Almyros delta and Georgioupolis coast, Crete
Greece	Psili Ammos lagoon, Samos
Greece	Reservoirs of former lake Karla
Greece	Paramythia mountains
Greece	Southwestern Lesvos and Petrified forest
Greece	Gera gulf, Ntipi and Charamida marshes, Lesvos
Greece	Valtou mountains
Greece	Amvrakikos gulf
Greece	Kalloni Gulf, Lesvos
Greece	Lake Ismarida (Mitrikou)
Greece	Porto Lagos, lake Vistonida and coastal lagoons
Greece	Nestos delta and coastal lagoons
Greece	Lakes Chortarolimni and Alyki, Moudros gulf, Diapori fen and Fakos peninsula, Limnos
Greece	Kato Olympos, Tempi gorge and mount Ossa
Spain	Llobregat delta
France	Barthes de l'Adour
France	Brenne centrale
France	Vallée du Régino
France	Salines de l'Etang de Berre
France	Baie de Bourgneuf et marais breton
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Shadegan marshes and tidal mudflats of Khor-al Amaya and Khor Musa
Saudi Arabia	Jabal Fayfa
Italy	Magredi of Pordenone
Slovenia	Škocjan Bay
Malta	Ta'Cenc cliffs
Malta	Buskett and Wied il-Luq

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude	0 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Climate change & severe weather

Habitat shifting & alteration

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Future

Minority (<50%)

Unknown

Stresses
Ecosystem degradation

Utilisation

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Food - human	-	-			Non-trivial	Recent
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		International	Non-trivial	Recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Cisticola juncidis. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/03/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/03/2023.