Black-throated prinia

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Black-throated prinia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Prinia
Species:
P. atrogularis
Binomial name
Prinia atrogularis
(Moore, F, 1854)

The black-throated prinia (Prinia atrogularis) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.

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References

  1. BirdLife International. 2017. Prinia atrogularis (amended version of 2017 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103776661A118734029. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103776661/118734029 . Downloaded on 21 January 2019.