| Zitting cisticola | |
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| C. j. cisticola (western France) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Cisticola |
| Species: | C. juncidis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque, 1810)
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| Range of C. juncidis Breeding Resident
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The zitting cisticola or streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis) is a widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa (outside the deserts and rainforest), and southern Asia down to northern Australia. A small bird found mainly in grasslands, it is best identified by its rufous rump; in addition it lacks any gold on the collar and the brownish tail is tipped with white. During the breeding season males have a zigzagging flight display accompanied by regular "zitting" calls that have been likened to repeated snips of a scissor. They build their pouch nest suspended within a clump of grass.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Cisticola juncidis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22713491A111070621. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22713491A111070621.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.