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Where does the Zitting Cisticola live?

Cisticola juncidis has 1,167,063 records in 132 countries and territories, from 1844 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

Zitting Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola — Alexis Lours / CC BY 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesCisticolidaeCisticola

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Spain 312,771
Portugal 203,648
France 150,586
India 122,202
South Africa 118,971
Taiwan 53,317
Italy 20,144
Thailand 15,424
Netherlands 13,269
Israel 13,091
Japan 11,538
Greece 8,807
Sri Lanka 8,652
China 7,931
Morocco 7,844
Cyprus 7,646
Uganda 7,546
Indonesia 6,093
Cambodia 4,933
Nepal 4,500
Philippines 4,234
Singapore 4,119
Hong Kong 3,983
Belgium 3,695
Tanzania 3,471
Kenya 3,211
Namibia 2,603
Australia 2,563
Zimbabwe 2,479
Botswana 2,464
South Korea 2,427
Bangladesh 2,193
Malaysia 1,936
Croatia 1,890
Gambia 1,785
Türkiye 1,756
Malta 1,749
Mozambique 1,680
Senegal 1,576
Slovenia 1,498

Showing the top 40 of 132 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.