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title: "Grey-backed Cisticola"
description: "Cisticola subruficapilla — Uccelli. The grey-backed cisticola or red-headed cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla) is a small passerine bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/grey-backed-cisticola
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Grey-backed Cisticola

> Cisticola subruficapilla — Uccelli. The grey-backed cisticola  or red-headed cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla) is a small passerine bird.

- Scientific name: *Cisticola subruficapilla*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1534
- Wikidata: [Q1314566](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1314566)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72733](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72733)

## Names

- en: Grey-backed Cisticola
- de: Bergcistensänger
- es: Cistícola Dorsigrís
- fr: Cisticole à dos gris
- nl: Rotsgraszanger
- pt: Fuinha-de-dorso-cinzento
- pl: Chwastówka szarogrzbieta

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1448), NA (5)

## Summary

The grey-backed cisticola  or red-headed cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla) is a small passerine bird. This cisticola is a resident breeder in southernmost Angola, Namibia and western South Africa.
The grey-backed cisticola is a very common bird of coastal fynbos, karoo shrub and grassy areas on estuarine flats.

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

## Photo

![Grey-backed Cisticola](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-backed-cisticola/medium.jpg)

Photo: bdhimes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290456263

## Machine access

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