Zitting Cisticola

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Zitting Cisticola at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Anysberg Nature Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Rocherpan Nature Reserve, De Hoop Nature Reserve and Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Zitting Cisticola is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (30% of records), Western Cape (27% of records), Gauteng (11% of records), based on 762 iNaturalist observations. 50 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Zitting Cisticola on site or nearby.

The Zitting Cisticola is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Anysberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Rocherpan Nature Reserve: Winter and spring for birds and flowers, Jun-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The zitting cisticola or streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis), is a widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa (outside the deserts and rainforest), and southern Asia down to northern Australia.