📸 PhotoPhoto: Alexis Lours · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis (Zitting Cisticola · セッカ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its body length of 12.5 cm is slightly shorter than one ballpoint pen (about 14 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 It can be seen in barley fields and riverside meadows on Jeju Island (National List of Species of Korea).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The zitting cisticola is a tiny bird of grassy fields that in Korea lives year-round as a resident around Jeju Island.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its chin, upper throat, and belly are white; its lower throat, breast, and hindneck are buff; and its back is dark brown with white markings. Its wing length is about 5.5 cm.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It favors eating insects. During the breeding season a male builds several nests and attracts multiple females to lay eggs in each nest, weaving grass stems with spider silk into a cup-shaped nest containing 4–6 eggs.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
According to the National List of Species of Korea, in Korea it is a resident bird living around Jeju Island.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22713491/264588377
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 264588377
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000002011 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000002011
- • wikidata.org — Q210791
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Zitting cisticola 2024 04 19 (cropped).jpg
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Cisticolidae)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.