cisticolan.
/sᵻˈstɪkələ/, U.S. /sɪˈstɪkələ/ Any of various small Old World warblers comprising the genus Cisticola (family Cisticolidae), which typically have brown-streaked plumage. Also (in form Cisticola): the genus itself. Frequently with distinguishing word. Cf. grass warbler n. at grass n.1 Compounds 6.
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1838 C. L. Bonaparte List Birds of Europe & N. Amer. 12 Gen. 65. Cysticola.
1868 Ibis 4 277 I have before me..the eggs of two, if not three, species of Cisticola.
1960 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds E. & N.E. Afr. (ed. 2) II. 472 Trilling Cisticola. Cisticola woosnami... Adult male similar to the Whistling Cisticola but with the bill considerably weaker and more curved.
1994 Guardian 29 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 24/1 Cisticolas are extremely small brown birds, and they are just about impossible to tell apart.
2015 @pdjart 8 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Zitting Cisticolas are back nesting in our field.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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