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Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
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
2024 Least Concern
2016 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 -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 2,460,000 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend stable - suspected -
Generation length 2.49 years - - -

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common (del Hoyo et al. 2006). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Angola extant native yes
Botswana extant native yes
Burundi extant native yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the extant native yes
Namibia extant native yes
Rwanda extant uncertain yes
Tanzania extant native yes
Zambia extant native yes
Zimbabwe extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Angola Caconda
Angola Calandula (Quedas de Calandula)
Botswana Chobe National Park
Botswana Linyanti swamp/Chobe river
Botswana Okavango Delta
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Kundelungu National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Marungu highlands
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Upemba National Park
Namibia Eastern Caprivi wetlands
Namibia Mahango Game Reserve and Kavango river
Tanzania Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area
Zambia Bangweulu Swamps
Zambia Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage
Zambia Chitunta Plain
Zambia Imanda
Zambia Kafue National Park
Zambia Kalungwishi
Zambia Kasanka National Park
Zambia Liuwa Plain National Park
Zambia Luapula Mouth
Zambia Minyanya Plain
Zambia Mutinondo Wilderness
Zambia Mweru Wantipa National Park
Zambia North Swaka
Zambia Saise River
Zambia Shiwa Ng'andu
Zambia Sioma Ngwezi National Park
Zambia Sumbu National Park and Tondwa Game Management Area
Zambia West Lunga National Park and Lukwakwa Game Management Area

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Grassland Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded suitable resident
Wetlands (inland) Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands major resident
Altitude 0 - 1800 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/chirping-cisticola-cisticola-pipiens on 06/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 06/12/2024.