The foxy cisticola (Cisticola troglodytes) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is native to Central African Republic (Bozoum and Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Garamba National Park), Ethiopia (Gambela National Park), Kenya (Mount Elgon), Sudan (Ashana-Bandingilo-Dinder-Imatong Mountains and Juba) and Uganda (Kidepo Valley National Park, Mt Kie Forest, Mt. Moroto Forest Reserve and Mt Otzi Forest Reserve). It is also to be vagrant to Mali. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.