List of Cisticolidae species

Cisticolas and allies form the bird family Cisticolidae. The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 163 species in the family; 51 are in genus Cisticola and the rest are distributed among 25 other genera.[1]

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	1
Green jery	Neomixis viridis	2
Stripe-throated jery	Neomixis striatigula	3
Red-faced cisticola	Cisticola erythrops	4
Singing cisticola	Cisticola cantans	5
Whistling cisticola	Cisticola lateralis	6
Trilling cisticola	Cisticola woosnami	7
Chattering cisticola	Cisticola anonymus	8
Bubbling cisticola	Cisticola bulliens	9
Chubb's cisticola	Cisticola chubbi	10
Hunter's cisticola	Cisticola hunteri	11
Black-lored cisticola	Cisticola nigriloris	12
Lazy cisticola	Cisticola aberrans	13
Rock-loving cisticola	Cisticola emini	14
Rattling cisticola	Cisticola chiniana	15
Boran cisticola	Cisticola bodessa	16
Churring cisticola	Cisticola njombe	17
Ashy cisticola	Cisticola cinereolus	18
Tana River cisticola	Cisticola restrictus	19
Tinkling cisticola	Cisticola rufilatus	20
Grey-backed cisticola	Cisticola subruficapilla	21
Wailing cisticola	Cisticola lais	22
Lynes's cisticola	Cisticola distinctus	23
Rufous-winged cisticola	Cisticola galactotes	24
Winding cisticola	Cisticola marginatus	25
Coastal cisticola	Cisticola haematocephalus	26
Ethiopian cisticola	Cisticola lugubris	27
Luapula cisticola	Cisticola luapula	28
Chirping cisticola	Cisticola pipiens	29
Carruthers's cisticola	Cisticola carruthersi	30
Levaillant's cisticola	Cisticola tinniens	31
Stout cisticola	Cisticola robustus	32
Aberdare cisticola	Cisticola aberdare	33
Croaking cisticola	Cisticola natalensis	34
Red-pate cisticola	Cisticola ruficeps	35
Dorst's cisticola	Cisticola guinea	36
Tiny cisticola	Cisticola nana	37
Short-winged cisticola	Cisticola brachypterus	38
Rufous cisticola	Cisticola rufus	39
Foxy cisticola	Cisticola troglodytes	40
Neddicky	Cisticola fulvicapilla	41
Long-tailed cisticola	Cisticola angusticauda	42
Black-tailed cisticola	Cisticola melanurus	43
Zitting cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	44
Socotra cisticola	Cisticola haesitatus	45
Madagascan cisticola	Cisticola cherina	46
Desert cisticola	Cisticola aridulus	47
Cloud cisticola	Cisticola textrix	48
Black-backed cisticola	Cisticola eximius	49
Dambo cisticola	Cisticola dambo	50
Pectoral-patch cisticola	Cisticola brunnescens	51
Pale-crowned cisticola	Cisticola cinnamomeus	52
Wing-snapping cisticola	Cisticola ayresii	53
Golden-headed cisticola	Cisticola exilis	54
Socotra warbler	Incana incana	55
Himalayan prinia	Prinia crinigera	56
Swinhoe's prinia	Prinia striata	57
Deignan's prinia	Prinia polychroa	58
Burmese prinia	Prinia cooki	59
Annam prinia	Prinia rocki	60
Black-throated prinia	Prinia atrogularis	61
Hill prinia	Prinia superciliaris	62
Grey-crowned prinia	Prinia cinereocapilla	63
Rufous-fronted prinia	Prinia buchanani	64
Rufescent prinia	Prinia rufescens	65
Grey-breasted prinia	Prinia hodgsonii	66
Graceful prinia	Prinia gracilis	67
Jungle prinia	Prinia sylvatica	68
Bar-winged prinia	Prinia familiaris	69
Yellow-bellied prinia	Prinia flaviventris	70
Ashy prinia	Prinia socialis	71
Tawny-flanked prinia	Prinia subflava	72
Plain prinia	Prinia inornata	73
Pale prinia	Prinia somalica	74
River prinia	Prinia fluviatilis	75
Black-chested prinia	Prinia flavicans	76
Karoo prinia	Prinia maculosa	77
Drakensberg prinia	Prinia hypoxantha	78
Sao Tome prinia	Prinia molleri	79
Banded prinia	Prinia bairdii	80
Black-faced prinia	Prinia melanops	81
Red-winged prinia	Prinia erythroptera	82
Red-fronted prinia	Prinia rufifrons	83
White-chinned prinia	Schistolais leucopogon	84
Sierra Leone prinia	Schistolais leontica	85
Namaqua warbler	Phragmacia substriata	86
Roberts's warbler	Oreophilais robertsi	87
Visayan miniature babbler	Micromacronus leytensis	88
Mindanao miniature babbler	Micromacronus sordidus	89
Green longtail	Urolais epichlorus	90
Black-collared apalis	Oreolais pulcher	91
Rwenzori apalis	Oreolais ruwenzorii	92
Red-winged grey warbler	Drymocichla incana	93
Cricket warbler	Spiloptila clamans	94
Buff-bellied warbler	Phyllolais pulchella	95
Bar-throated apalis	Apalis thoracica	96
Yellow-throated apalis	Apalis flavigularis	97
Taita apalis	Apalis fuscigularis	98
Namuli apalis	Apalis lynesi	99
Rudd's apalis	Apalis ruddi	100
Yellow-breasted apalis	Apalis flavida	101
Lowland masked apalis	Apalis binotata	102
Mountain masked apalis	Apalis personata	103
Black-throated apalis	Apalis jacksoni	104
White-winged apalis	Apalis chariessa	105
Black-capped apalis	Apalis nigriceps	106
Black-headed apalis	Apalis melanocephala	107
Chirinda apalis	Apalis chirindensis	108
Chestnut-throated apalis	Apalis porphyrolaema	109
Kabobo apalis	Apalis kaboboensis	110
Chapin's apalis	Apalis chapini	111
Sharpe's apalis	Apalis sharpii	112
Buff-throated apalis	Apalis rufogularis	113
Kungwe apalis	Apalis argentea	114
Karamoja apalis	Apalis karamojae	115
Bamenda apalis	Apalis bamendae	116
Gosling's apalis	Apalis goslingi	117
Grey apalis	Apalis cinerea	118
Brown-headed apalis	Apalis alticola	119
Rufous-eared warbler	Malcorus pectoralis	120
Oriole warbler	Hypergerus atriceps	121
Grey-capped warbler	Eminia lepida	122
Green-backed camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	123
Grey-backed camaroptera	Camaroptera brevicaudata	124
Hartert's camaroptera	Camaroptera harterti	125
Yellow-browed camaroptera	Camaroptera superciliaris	126
Olive-green camaroptera	Camaroptera chloronota	127
Grey wren-warbler	Calamonastes simplex	128
Miombo wren-warbler	Calamonastes undosus	129
Stierling's wren-warbler	Calamonastes stierlingi	130
Barred wren-warbler	Calamonastes fasciolatus	131
Cinnamon-breasted warbler	Euryptila subcinnamomea	132
Black-headed rufous warbler	Bathmocercus cerviniventris	133
Black-faced rufous warbler	Bathmocercus rufus	134
Winifred's warbler	Scepomycter winifredae	135
Rubeho warbler	Scepomycter rubehoensis	136
Common tailorbird	Orthotomus sutorius	137
Dark-necked tailorbird	Orthotomus atrogularis	138
Cambodian tailorbird	Orthotomus chaktomuk	139
Philippine tailorbird	Orthotomus castaneiceps	140
Trilling tailorbird	Orthotomus chloronotus	141
Rufous-fronted tailorbird	Orthotomus frontalis	142
Grey-backed tailorbird	Orthotomus derbianus	143
Rufous-tailed tailorbird	Orthotomus sericeus	144
Ashy tailorbird	Orthotomus ruficeps	145
Olive-backed tailorbird	Orthotomus sepium	146
White-eared tailorbird	Orthotomus cinereiceps	147
Black-headed tailorbird	Orthotomus nigriceps	148
Yellow-breasted tailorbird	Orthotomus samarensis	149
Long-billed forest warbler	Artisornis moreaui	150
Red-capped forest warbler	Artisornis metopias	151
White-tailed warbler	Poliolais lopezi	152
Yellow-bellied eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis	153
Salvadori's eremomela	Eremomela salvadorii	154
Yellow-vented eremomela	Eremomela flavicrissalis	155
Senegal eremomela	Eremomela pusilla	156
Green-backed eremomela	Eremomela canescens	157
Green-capped eremomela	Eremomela scotops	158
Karoo eremomela	Eremomela gregalis	159
Burnt-necked eremomela	Eremomela usticollis	160
Rufous-crowned eremomela	Eremomela badiceps	161
Turner's eremomela	Eremomela turneri	162
Black-necked eremomela	Eremomela atricollis	163

References

1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.