Cisticolas and allies form the bird family Cisticolidae. The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 168 species in the family; 53 are in genus Cisticola and the rest are distributed among 25 other genera.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Common jery | Neomixis tenella (Hartlaub, 1866) | 1 |
| Green jery | Neomixis viridis (Sharpe, 1883) | 2 |
| Stripe-throated jery | Neomixis striatigula Sharpe, 1881 | 3 |
| Red-faced cisticola | Cisticola erythrops (Hartlaub, 1857) | 4 |
| Singing cisticola | Cisticola cantans (Heuglin, 1869) | 5 |
| Whistling cisticola | Cisticola lateralis (Fraser, 1843) | 6 |
| Trilling cisticola | Cisticola woosnami Ogilvie-Grant, 1908 | 7 |
| Chattering cisticola | Cisticola anonymus (Müller, JW, 1855) | 8 |
| Bubbling cisticola | Cisticola bulliens Lynes, 1930 | 9 |
| Hunter's cisticola | Cisticola hunteri Shelley, 1889 | 10 |
| Kilombero cisticola | Cisticola bakerorum Fjeldså, Dinesen, Davies, Irestedt, Krabbe, Hansen & Bowie, 2021 | 12 |
| Black-lored cisticola | Cisticola nigriloris Shelley, 1897 | 13 |
| Rock-loving cisticola | Cisticola aberrans (Smith, A, 1843) | 14 |
| Huambo cisticola | Cisticola bailunduensis ], 1931 | 15 |
| Rattling cisticola | Cisticola chiniana (Smith, A, 1843) | 16 |
| Boran cisticola | Cisticola bodessa Mearns, 1913 | 17 |
| Churring cisticola | Cisticola njombe Lynes, 1933 | 18 |
| Ashy cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus Salvadori, 1888 | 19 |
| Tana River cisticola | Cisticola restrictus Traylor, 1967 | 20 |
| Tinkling cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus (Hartlaub, 1870) | 21 |
| Grey-backed cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla (Smith, A, 1843) | 22 |
| Wailing cisticola | Cisticola lais (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) | 23 |
| Lynes's cisticola | Cisticola distinctus Lynes, 1930 | 24 |
| Rufous-winged cisticola | Cisticola galactotes (Temminck, 1821) | 25 |
| Winding cisticola | Cisticola marginatus (Heuglin, 1869) | 26 |
| Coastal cisticola | Cisticola haematocephalus Cabanis, 1868 | 27 |
| White-tailed cisticola | Cisticola anderseni Fjeldså, Dinesen, Davies, Irestedt, Krabbe, Hansen & Bowie, 2021 | 28 |
| Ethiopian cisticola | Cisticola lugubris (Rüppell, 1840) | 29 |
| Luapula cisticola | Cisticola luapula Lynes, 1933 | 30 |
| Chirping cisticola | Cisticola pipiens Lynes, 1930 | 31 |
| Carruthers's cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi Ogilvie-Grant, 1909 | 32 |
| Levaillant's cisticola | Cisticola tinniens (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1842) | 33 |
| Stout cisticola | Cisticola robustus (Rüppell, 1845) | 34 |
| Aberdare cisticola | Cisticola aberdare Lynes, 1930 | 35 |
| Croaking cisticola | Cisticola natalensis (Smith, A, 1843) | 36 |
| Red-pate cisticola | Cisticola ruficeps (Cretzschmar, 1830) | 37 |
| Dorst's cisticola | Cisticola guinea Lynes, 1930 | 38 |
| Tiny cisticola | Cisticola nana Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884 | 39 |
| Short-winged cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus (Sharpe, 1870) | 40 |
| Rufous cisticola | Cisticola rufus (Fraser, 1843) | 41 |
| Foxy cisticola | Cisticola troglodytes (Antinori, 1864) | 42 |
| Neddicky | Cisticola fulvicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) | 43 |
| Long-tailed cisticola | Cisticola angusticauda Reichenow, 1891 | 44 |
| Black-tailed cisticola | Cisticola melanurus (Cabanis, 1882) | 45 |
| Zitting cisticola | Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque, 1810) | 46 |
| Socotra cisticola | Cisticola haesitatus (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub, 1881) | 47 |
| Madagascar cisticola | Cisticola cherina (Smith, A, 1843) | 48 |
| Desert cisticola | Cisticola aridulus Witherby, 1900 | 49 |
| Cloud cisticola | Cisticola textrix (Vieillot, 1817) | 50 |
| Black-backed cisticola | Cisticola eximius (Heuglin, 1869) | 51 |
| Dambo cisticola | Cisticola dambo Lynes, 1931 | 52 |
| Pectoral-patch cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens Heuglin, 1862 | 53 |
| Pale-crowned cisticola | Cisticola cinnamomeus Reichenow, 1904 | 54 |
| Wing-snapping cisticola | Cisticola ayresii Hartlaub, 1863 | 55 |
| Golden-headed cisticola | Cisticola exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) | 56 |
| Socotra warbler | Incana incana (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub, 1881) | 57 |
| Himalayan prinia | Prinia crinigera Hodgson, 1836 | 58 |
| Striped prinia | Prinia striata Swinhoe, 1859 | 59 |
| Brown prinia | Prinia polychroa (Temminck, 1828) | 60 |
| Burmese prinia | Prinia cooki (Harington, 1913) | 61 |
| Annam prinia | Prinia rocki Deignan, 1957 | 62 |
| Black-throated prinia | Prinia atrogularis (Moore, F, 1854) | 63 |
| Rufous-crowned prinia | Prinia khasiana (Godwin-Austen, 1876) | 64 |
| Hill prinia | Prinia superciliaris (Anderson, 1871) | 65 |
| Grey-crowned prinia | Prinia cinereocapilla Moore, F, 1854 | 66 |
| Rufous-fronted prinia | Prinia buchanani Blyth, 1844 | 67 |
| Rufescent prinia | Prinia rufescens Blyth, 1847 | 68 |
| Grey-breasted prinia | Prinia hodgsonii Blyth, 1844 | 69 |
| Graceful prinia | Prinia gracilis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 70 |
| Delicate prinia | Prinia lepida Blyth, 1844 | 71 |
| Jungle prinia | Prinia sylvatica Jerdon, 1840 | 72 |
| Bar-winged prinia | Prinia familiaris Horsfield, 1821 | 73 |
| Yellow-bellied prinia | Prinia flaviventris (Delessert, 1840) | 74 |
| Ashy prinia | Prinia socialis Sykes, 1832 | 75 |
| Tawny-flanked prinia | Prinia subflava (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 76 |
| Plain prinia | Prinia inornata Sykes, 1832 | 77 |
| Pale prinia | Prinia somalica (Elliot, DG, 1897) | 78 |
| River prinia | Prinia fluviatilis Chappuis, 1974 | 79 |
| Black-chested prinia | Prinia flavicans (Vieillot, 1821) | 80 |
| Karoo prinia | Prinia maculosa (Boddaert, 1783) | 81 |
| Drakensberg prinia | Prinia hypoxantha (Sharpe, 1877) | 82 |
| Sao Tome prinia | Prinia molleri Barboza du Bocage, 1887 | 83 |
| Banded prinia | Prinia bairdii (Cassin, 1855) | 84 |
| Black-faced prinia | Prinia melanops (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) | 85 |
| Red-winged prinia | Prinia erythroptera (Jardine, 1849) | 86 |
| Red-fronted prinia | Prinia rufifrons Rüppell, 1840 | 87 |
| White-chinned prinia | Schistolais leucopogon (Cabanis, 1875) | 88 |
| Sierra Leone prinia | Schistolais leontica (Bates, GL, 1930) | 89 |
| Namaqua warbler | Phragmacia substriata (Smith, A, 1842) | 90 |
| Roberts's warbler | Oreophilais robertsi (Benson, 1946) | 91 |
| Visayan miniature babbler | Micromacronus leytensis Amadon, 1962 | 92 |
| Mindanao miniature babbler | Micromacronus sordidus Ripley & Rabor, 1968 | 93 |
| Green longtail | Urolais epichlorus (Reichenow, 1892) | 94 |
| Black-collared apalis | Oreolais pulcher (Sharpe, 1891) | 95 |
| Rwenzori apalis | Oreolais ruwenzorii (Jackson, FJ, 1904) | 96 |
| Red-winged grey warbler | Drymocichla incana Hartlaub, 1881 | 97 |
| Cricket warbler | Spiloptila clamans (Cretzschmar, 1826) | 98 |
| Buff-bellied warbler | Phyllolais pulchella (Cretzschmar, 1830) | 99 |
| Bar-throated apalis | Apalis thoracica (Shaw, 1811) | 100 |
| Yellow-throated apalis | Apalis flavigularis Shelley, 1893 | 101 |
| Taita apalis | Apalis fuscigularis Moreau, 1938 | 102 |
| Namuli apalis | Apalis lynesi Vincent, 1933 | 103 |
| Rudd's apalis | Apalis ruddi Grant, CHB, 1908 | 104 |
| Brown-tailed apalis | Apalis flavocincta (Sharpe, 1882) | 105 |
| Yellow-breasted apalis | Apalis flavida (Strickland, 1853) | 106 |
| Lowland masked apalis | Apalis binotata Reichenow, 1895 | 107 |
| Mountain masked apalis | Apalis personata Sharpe, 1902 | 108 |
| Black-throated apalis | Apalis jacksoni Sharpe, 1891 | 109 |
| White-winged apalis | Apalis chariessa Reichenow, 1879 | 110 |
| Black-capped apalis | Apalis nigriceps (Shelley, 1873) | 111 |
| Black-headed apalis | Apalis melanocephala (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) | 112 |
| Chirinda apalis | Apalis chirindensis Shelley, 1906 | 113 |
| Chestnut-throated apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 | 114 |
| Kabobo apalis | Apalis kaboboensis Prigogine, 1955 | 115 |
| Chapin's apalis | Apalis chapini Friedmann, 1928 | 116 |
| Sharpe's apalis | Apalis sharpii Shelley, 1884 | 117 |
| Buff-throated apalis | Apalis rufogularis (Fraser, 1843) | 118 |
| Kungwe apalis | Apalis argentea Moreau, 1941 | 119 |
| Karamoja apalis | Apalis karamojae (Van Someren, 1921) | 120 |
| Maasai apalis | Apalis stronachi (Stuart, S & Collar, 1985) | 121 |
| Bamenda apalis | Apalis bamendae Bannerman, 1922 | 122 |
| Gosling's apalis | Apalis goslingi Alexander, 1908 | 123 |
| Grey apalis | Apalis cinerea (Sharpe, 1891) | 124 |
| Brown-headed apalis | Apalis alticola (Shelley, 1899) | 125 |
| Rufous-eared warbler | Malcorus pectoralis Smith, A, 1829 | 126 |
| Oriole warbler | Hypergerus atriceps (Lesson, RP, 1831) | 127 |
| Grey-capped warbler | Eminia lepida Hartlaub, 1881 | 128 |
| Green-backed camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura (Vieillot, 1821) | 129 |
| Grey-backed camaroptera | Camaroptera brevicaudata (Cretzschmar, 1830) | 130 |
| Hartert's camaroptera | Camaroptera harterti Zedlitz, 1911 | 131 |
| Yellow-browed camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris (Fraser, 1843) | 132 |
| Olive-green camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota Reichenow, 1895 | 133 |
| Grey wren-warbler | Calamonastes simplex (Cabanis, 1878) | 134 |
| Miombo wren-warbler | Calamonastes undosus (Reichenow, 1882) | 135 |
| Stierling's wren-warbler | Calamonastes stierlingi Reichenow, 1901 | 136 |
| Barred wren-warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus (Smith, A, 1847) | 137 |
| Cinnamon-breasted warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea (Smith, A, 1847) | 138 |
| Black-headed rufous warbler | Bathmocercus cerviniventris (Sharpe, 1877) | 139 |
| Black-faced rufous warbler | Bathmocercus rufus Reichenow, 1895 | 140 |
| Winifred's warbler | Scepomycter winifredae (Moreau, 1938) | 141 |
| Rubeho warbler | Scepomycter rubehoensis Bowie, Fjeldså & Kiure, 2009 | 142 |
| Common tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius (Pennant, 1769) | 143 |
| Dark-necked tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis Temminck, 1836 | 144 |
| Cambodian tailorbird | Orthotomus chaktomuk Mahood, John, Eames, JC, Oliveros, Moyle, Chamnan, Poole, Nielsen & Sheldon, 2013 |
145 |
| Philippine tailorbird | Orthotomus castaneiceps Walden, 1872 | 146 |
| Trilling tailorbird | Orthotomus chloronotus Ogilvie-Grant, 1895 | 147 |
| Rufous-fronted tailorbird | Orthotomus frontalis Sharpe, 1877 | 148 |
| Grey-backed tailorbird | Orthotomus derbianus Moore, F, 1855 | 149 |
| Rufous-tailed tailorbird | Orthotomus sericeus Temminck, 1836 | 150 |
| Ashy tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps (Lesson, RP, 1830) | 151 |
| Olive-backed tailorbird | Orthotomus sepium Horsfield, 1821 | 152 |
| White-eared tailorbird | Orthotomus cinereiceps Sharpe, 1877 | 153 |
| Black-headed tailorbird | Orthotomus nigriceps Tweeddale, 1878 | 154 |
| Yellow-breasted tailorbird | Orthotomus samarensis Steere, 1890 | 155 |
| Long-billed forest warbler | Artisornis moreaui (Sclater, WL, 1931) | 156 |
| Red-capped forest warbler | Artisornis metopias (Reichenow, 1907) | 157 |
| White-tailed warbler | Poliolais lopezi (Alexander, 1903) | 158 |
| Yellow-bellied eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis (Lafresnaye, 1839) | 159 |
| Yellow-vented eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis Sharpe, 1895 | 160 |
| Senegal eremomela | Eremomela pusilla Hartlaub, 1857 | 161 |
| Green-backed eremomela | Eremomela canescens Antinori, 1864 | 162 |
| Green-capped eremomela | Eremomela scotops Sundevall, 1850 | 163 |
| Karoo eremomela | Eremomela gregalis (Smith, A, 1829) | 164 |
| Burnt-necked eremomela | Eremomela usticollis Sundevall, 1850 | 165 |
| Rufous-crowned eremomela | Eremomela badiceps (Fraser, 1843) | 166 |
| Turner's eremomela | Eremomela turneri Van Someren, 1920 | 167 |
| Black-necked eremomela | Eremomela atricollis Barboza du Bocage, 1894 | 168 |
References
- Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (August 2024). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, tetrakas, cisticolas, allies". IOC World Bird List. v 14.2. Retrieved August 20, 2024.