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Species › Birds

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
Presence in the Strait
Resident
Abundance
abundant
Protection in Spain
Special protection (List)
In Spanish
Cistícola buitrón

Photograph: Morhaf kamal aljanee, CC BY-SA 4.0, vía Wikimedia Commons

Length
10 cm
Weight
10 g
010LENGTH10 cmcentimetres

Presence in the Strait

Abundant resident on grasslands and farmlands.

Identification

Small, with dark-brown, heavily streaked back and crown, warm buff rump, pale underparts and warm buff breast and flanks. In flight, rounded tail, underside with black and white tips, and a characteristic repetitive «tsip…tsip… tsip…» given with an undulating flight.

Movements

Prenuptial peaks in 1st hf. March; two postnuptial periods, with peaks in 2nd hf. August and 2nd hf. October.

Bioestrecho editorial text. Last revised: 8 September 2026.

Gallery

Photographs from iNaturalist observations with the licence checked file by file. Those marked “Strait” were taken within the area; place and date are those of each observation.