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title: "Piping Cisticola"
description: "Cisticola fulvicapilla — Birds. The neddicky, or piping cisticola (Cisticola fulvicapilla), is a small passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae, which is native to Africa, southwards of the equator."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/piping-cisticola
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Piping Cisticola

> Cisticola fulvicapilla — Birds. The neddicky, or piping cisticola (Cisticola fulvicapilla), is a small passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae, which is native to Africa, southwards of the equator.

- Scientific name: *Cisticola fulvicapilla*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 2066
- Wikidata: [Q2225936](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2225936)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72731](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72731)

## Names

- en: Piping Cisticola
- de: Brauner Zistensänger
- es: Cistícola Coronirrufo
- fr: Cisticole à couronne
- nl: Bruinkopgraszanger
- pt: Fuinha-de-cabeça-ruiva
- pl: Chwastówka piskliwa

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1847), ZW (12), MW (11), NA (7), MZ (6), BW (5), AO (3)

## Summary

The neddicky, or piping cisticola (Cisticola fulvicapilla), is a small passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae, which is native to Africa, southwards of the equator. Its strongholds are the light woodlands and shrublands of the subtropics and temperate regions of southern Africa. The common name, neddicky, is the Afrikaans name for the species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neddicky

## Photo

![Piping Cisticola](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/piping-cisticola/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339296373

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/piping-cisticola?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).