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Whistling Cisticola

Cisticola lateralis (Fraser, L 1843)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Peter Boesman 2022-03-24 Abrafo Forest, Lower Denkyira (Ghana) song - [sono] 719040
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Peter Boesman 2022-03-24 Abrafo Forest, Lower Denkyira (Ghana) call - [sono] 719036
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Peter Boesman 2022-03-24 Abrafo Forest, Lower Denkyira (Ghana) song - [sono] 719035
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Brendan Sloan 2021-11-02 Mole Nationad Park, Ghana (Ghana) (150 masl app m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

693581
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis lateralis Bram Piot 2016-09-03 Plateau NE of Coyah, Coyah (Guinea) (260 m) song -

Common on the plateau

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

333254
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis lateralis Bram Piot 2016-09-03 Plateau NE of Coyah, Coyah (Guinea) (260 m) song -

Three birds singing simultaneously

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

333262
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Patrik Åberg 2017-11-06 Nsuta Forest, Western (former region) (Ghana) (60 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

400399
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Julien Birard 2024-04-03 , Pool (Republic of the Congo)   -   626039332
macaulaylibrary.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Peter Boesman 2022-03-24 Abrafo Forest, Lower Denkyira (Ghana) call - [sono] 719039
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Peter Boesman 2022-03-24 Abrafo Forest, Lower Denkyira (Ghana) song - [sono] 719037
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Jonathan Onongo 2026-04-15 , Western (Uganda)   -   655021373
macaulaylibrary.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Julien Birard 2024-04-03 , Pool (Republic of the Congo)   -   626039331
macaulaylibrary.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis antinorii Phil Gregory 2017-05-18 Budongo Forest, Masindi (former division) (Uganda) (1100 m) call -

One call

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

608078
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis lateralis Étienne Leroy 2017-01-14 Néka, Bas-Sassandra (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (100 m) begging call, call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

353564
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis modestus Étienne Leroy 2024-02-09 Lope NP, Ogooué-Ivindo, Lopé (Gabon) (170 m) song - [sono] 923207
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis lateralis Nature sounds by Simply Birding 2005-01-28 Gola North, Eastern (Sierra Leone) (260 m) adult, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

649342
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis lateralis Étienne Leroy 2015-06-05 Grel rubber plantation, Abura, Western (former region) (Ghana) (40 m) song -

Very common in a wasteland within the rubber plantation.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

254684
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis lateralis Rolf A. de By 2016-01-15 feeder road to Sushen Forest, Central (Ghana) (135 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

301471
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis lateralis Étienne Leroy 2016-11-20 Lamto research center, Lagunes (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (80 m) song -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

343861
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis modestus Bram Piot 2025-12-06 Bombo-Lumene reserve, Bateke plateau, Bankana, Kinshasa, Kinshasa City (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (650 m) song - [sono] 1063934
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis modestus Étienne Leroy 2024-02-15 Lope NP, Ogooué-Ivindo, Lopé (Gabon) (170 m) song - [sono] 879119
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis lateralis Lars Lachmann 2018-01-24 Bouna, Savanes, Savanes (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (200 m) call -

several birds feeding at the edge of burnt savannah grassland, the short kip-notes probably from village weavers nearby, not sure whether the loud call starting at 0:26 is also of this species or something else.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

402407
xeno-canto.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis James Bradley 2021-11-19 Unnamed Road, Bungoma County, KE (0.622, 34.553), Western, Kenya, Western (former) (Kenya)   -   391723881
macaulaylibrary.org
Whistling Cisticola - Cisticola lateralis Patrik Åberg 2017-11-06 Nsuta Forest, Western (former region) (Ghana) (60 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

400396
xeno-canto.org
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