Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque, 1810).

Length 10 cm. This is a tiny warbler, essentially buffy brown above with paler area around the eye and pale on the throat. The black and white tipped tail feathers are fanned out in flight. The Fan-tailed Warbler lives in cultivated cropland including wheat fields and pasture, often near wetlands. It feeds on insects mainly small grasshoppers. The loud rattle-like call is very distinctive and is delivered during its high undulating flight; this tiny bird is often heard before it is seen. It is monogamous and solitary and nests close to the ground. The nest is an elongated pear or bottle-shaped structure with the entrance at or near the top, made of grasses bound together with cobwebs and lined with more cobwebs, flowers, and animal hair. Four to six eggs are incubated for 12 or 13 days. In Egypt, this bird is a common breeding resident in the Nile Valley and Delta and in some Western Desert oases.