Biology:Banded prinia

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Short description: Species of bird

Banded prinia
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.94851 1 - Prinia bairdii melanops (Reichenow and Neumann, 1895) - Sylviidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Prinia
Species:
P. bairdii
Binomial name
Prinia bairdii
(Cassin, 1855)

The banded prinia (Prinia bairdii) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The eastern races are sometimes regarded as a separate species, the black-faced prinia (P. melanops).

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2226833 entry