Cisticolidae

Cisticolidae is a family of small warblers, formerly classified within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae before being recognized as a distinct group, comprising 168 species in 26 genera. The family probably originated in Africa, which holds the majority of its species, with further representatives across tropical Asia into Australasia and one species, the zitting cisticola, breeding in Europe. Members are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub, often difficult to see and similar in appearance to one another, so that song is usually the best means of identifying them. They are insectivorous birds that nest low in vegetation.