The Rattling Cisticola is a small passerine of dry savanna and open grassland. It has a rufous crown and streaked back and searches for insects in low cover or near the ground.
Adults have a rufous crown, a streaked back and a long tail with pale tips; the species account notes no conspicuous rufous wing panel.
It occupies dry savanna and open grassland and searches for insects in undergrowth or near the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.