What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Zitting Cisticola been recorded?

Cisticola juncidis occurrence evidence comes from 7,109 records in 53 countries and territories, from 1866 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

Zitting Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola — Photo (display-sized rendition): Alexis Lours · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesCisticolidaeCisticola

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

7,109 records across 53 countries and territories, 1866–2026.

Cisticola juncidis · GBIF taxon key 2492822

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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.

Records over time

18662026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Zitting Cisticola has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Zitting Cisticola. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Spain 3,843
Belgium 2,261
South Korea 198
Uganda 147
Sweden 142
South Africa 83
India 73
Portugal 33
France 29
Greece 26
Angola 25
Mozambique 24
Australia 18
Laos 18
Philippines 18
Botswana 17
Italy 17
Senegal 17
Japan 13
Ethiopia 7
Singapore 7
China 6
Egypt 6
Sri Lanka 6
Morocco 6
Bangladesh 5
Indonesia 5
Malta 5
DR Congo 4
Cyprus 4
Gambia 4
Luxembourg 4
Namibia 4
Hong Kong 3
Taiwan 3
Zimbabwe 3
Albania 2
Croatia 2
Kenya 2
Nepal 2

Showing the top 40 of 53 places.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.