Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Description

Cisticola juncidis are small. The upper side of the body is brownish with stripes or blackish streaks, the underside of the body is slightly pale brown. Iris and beak brown, legs white to reddish.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

10 cm

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Cisticolidae

GENUS

:

Cisticola

SPECIES

:

Cisticola juncidis

Distribution

Cisticola juncidis usually inhabit grasslands and rice fields, especially near water. In the regions of Sumatra, Java and Bali it is found up to an altitude of 1200 masl

Geography

Continent : Africa, southern Europe, Asia

Country : Cisticola juncidis spread very widely from Africa, southern Europe, Asia (India, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines) to northern Australia.

Habits and Lifestyle

Cisticola juncidis is mostly a resident bird, although some populations of east Asia migrate south in winter. This bird is very shy, rarely seen except during the breeding season, when the male bird occasionally comes out to lure the female

Lifestyle

Very shy and colony

Biome

Grasslands

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Cisticola juncidis preys on all types of insects.

Diet : Insektivora

Mating Habits

During the breeding season, male birds are polygamous, mating with several females in one season. The nest is a bowl made between dense and hidden stalks of grass, composed of grass leaves woven and sewn with various plant fibers and cobwebs, at the top, covered with several leaves or grass to disguise the nest. Eggs 3-6 eggs.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 3 – 6 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population threats​

The main threat to this species is habitat loss resulting from drainage for irrigation channels, land reclamation, and conversion of grasslands to plantations.

Population number​

Although many threats exist to this species, the IUCN red list was evaluated with the least concern, as this species spreads so widely from Africa, Europe to Asia.

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

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