Data Sheet Info

Zitting Cisticola, Cisticola juncidis, is a species of passerine bird in the cisticola family found in cropland and grassland ecosystems.

Cisticola juncidis has a breeding population size of 918000-2130000 pairs and a breeding range size of 1040000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Stable in the short term and Uncertain in the long term.

The EU population status of Cisticola juncidis was assessed as Secure, because the species does not meet any of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened or Near Threatened, or the criteria for Depleted or Declining (the EU27 population or range has not declined by 20% or more since 1980).