Golden-headed Cisticola

Cisticola exilis

Description

Cisticola exilis is small, the upper side of the body is brownish with stripes or black streaks, the underside of the body is dark yellow. The crown of the male that is not breeding and the female bird has a lot of black stripes. Dark brown tail with dark yellow tip. Iris brown, black beak on top and pink below, light brown feet.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

11 cm

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Cisticolidae

GENUS

:

Cisticola

SPECIES

:

Cisticola exilis

Distribution

Cisticola exilis inhabit grasslands, reeds and rice fields. In Java and Bali, this bird is common up to an altitude of 1,500 m above sea level. In Papua, it inhabits the lowlands and valleys of the Central Mountains to an altitude of 1,400 m above sea level.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : India, China, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java, Bali, the Sunda Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.

Habits and Lifestyle

This species is sometimes seen perched on tall stalks of grass or shrubs.

Lifestyle

–

Biome

Grassland

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

This species preys on insects and caterpillars for food in the tall and hidden grass.

Diet : Insektivora

Mating Habits

In Java the breeding season for this species is around May. Lay 3-4 eggs, pale blue sometimes speckled red. The nests were made of grass and other plant fibers, which were sewn on the outside with the cobwebs it had stolen. The shape of an elongated ball that is hollow inside, the nest is attached to the grass stem.

Reproduction session : Mei

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 3 – 4 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

Cisticola exilis was evaluated as the least concern on the IUCN Red List.

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Cici Merah on Wikipedia article 
  3. Cisticola exilis on The IUCN Red List site