Grey-backed Cisticola
Cisticola subruficapilla (Smith, A 1843)
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Dawie de Swardt | 2024-10-13 | Tierkop, Austins Post, Bloemfontein, South Africa (South Africa) (1300 m) | call - [also] [sono] | 940571 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla | Frank Lambert | 2019-10-19 | Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, Strand (South Africa) (550 m) | adult, call, sex uncertain - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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512644 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Lynette Rudman | 2021-10-24 | Makana Local Municipality (near Glen Ambrose), Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (360 m) | adult, call, sex uncertain - Grey-backed Cisticola calling from a small Acacia tree on the roadside in springtime. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
683136 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Dawie de Swardt | 2014-11-28 | Gosaberg, Tswalu Kalahari, Postmasburg, Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa) (1300 m) | call - Male displaying in rocky mountain hills with low shrubs bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
216419 xeno-canto.org |
| Red-headed Cisticola (Red-headed) - Cisticola subruficapilla [subruficapilla Group] | Gabriel Jamie | 2023-07-15 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 594677261 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla jamesi | Lynette Rudman | 2015-10-18 | Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (320 m) | call - Bird calling from a small shrub. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
251905 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla | Frank Lambert | 2019-10-19 | Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, Strand (South Africa) (550 m) | sex uncertain, song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
512645 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-24 | South of Lambert's Bay, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | call - [sono] | 392403 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-17 | Bain's Kloof, Wellington, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | song - [sono] | 392398 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-23 | Den Berg, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | song - Song in flight.
|
392402 xeno-canto.org |
| Red-headed Cisticola (Red-headed) - Cisticola subruficapilla [subruficapilla Group] | Gabriel Jamie | 2023-08-19 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 605142491 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Dawie de Swardt | 2014-11-30 | Tarkuni Valley, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa) (1300 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
252343 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-27 | South of Swellendam, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | call - [sono] | 392405 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Faansie Peacock | 2017-10-02 | Langebaan Country Estate, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (10 m) | alarm call, call, female, juvenile, male, song - A pair with recently fledged chicks in coastal strandveld habitat. One of the chicks fluttered towards me and landed only a few feet away. The parents voiced their concern with alarm calls and even short song segments. Juvenile calls can also be heard. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
388286 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla | Walter Wallner | 2026-03-24 | Kannaland Local Municipality (near Vyversrus), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, Ladismith (South Africa) (360 m) | call - [sono] | 1150937 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla | Frank Lambert | 2019-11-20 | Porter Rd, S of Roo Els, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, Caledon (South Africa) (10 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
523739 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-23 | Den Berg, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | song - Short song.
|
392401 xeno-canto.org |
| Red-headed Cisticola (Red-headed) - Cisticola subruficapilla [subruficapilla Group] | Gabriel Jamie | 2023-08-19 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 605142301 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Faansie Peacock | 2017-06-27 | Langebaan Country Estate, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (10 m) | song - A bird sitting atop a 2m high bush in strandveld scrub and singing for an extended period. About 30m away. Filtered for noise reduction. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
377622 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla | Lynette Rudman | 2022-08-10 | Aberdeen Plain (near Noagashoogte), Western District, Eastern Cape, Uitenhage (South Africa) (480 m) | adult, call, sex uncertain - Bird heard calling from a low bush at dawn before sunrise on a calm winter's morning. bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
743094 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-21 | Visrivier Oumuur, Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa) | song - [sono] | 392400 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla | Lynette Rudman | 2020-02-09 | Aberdeen Plain, Western District, Eastern Cape, Uitenhage (South Africa) (500 m) | adult, alarm call, sex uncertain - Bird seen and heard making an alarm call and twitching nervously from low bushes in the southern Karoo in mid summer. There may have been a snake in the vicinity. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
533500 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla | Walter Wallner | 2026-02-16 | Swellendam Local Municipality (near Suurbraak), Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, Swellendam (South Africa) (170 m) | call - [also] [sono] | 1141347 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey-backed Cisticola - Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla | Frank Lambert | 2019-10-18 | Cape of Good Hope NP, Western Cape, Simon Town (South Africa) (120 m) | adult, briefly calling in flight at end, call, sex uncertain - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
509790 xeno-canto.org |
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