Pale prinia

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Pale prinia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Prinia
Species:
P. somalica
Binomial name
Prinia somalica
(Elliot, 1897)

The pale prinia (Prinia somalica) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tawny-flanked prinia</span> Species of bird

The tawny-flanked prinia is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Prinia in the family Cisticolidae, a family of Old World warblers. It is widespread and common in most parts of Africa south of the Sahara. The plain prinia of southern Asia was formerly included in this species but is now usually considered to be a separate species.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Drakensberg prinia</span> Species of bird

The Drakensberg prinia or saffron-breasted prinia is a small passerine bird. It lives in eastern South Africa and Eswatini.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Namaqua warbler</span> Species of bird

The Namaqua warbler, also known as the Namaqua prinia or white-breasted prinia, is a small passerine bird, a cisticolid warbler and the sole member of the genus Phragmacia. It was formerly placed in the genus Prinia, but was found to be sufficiently distinct to warrant a genus of its own.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Banded parisoma</span> Species of bird

The banded parisoma, banded tit warbler or banded warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

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The Somali lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae endemic to Somalia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Somali short-toed lark</span> Species of bird

The Somali short-toed lark is a small passerine bird of the lark family found in eastern and north-eastern Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red-winged prinia</span> Species of bird

The red-winged prinia or the red-winged warbler is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae. It formerly belonged in the monotypic genus Heliolais. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, where its natural habitat is dry savanna.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hill prinia</span> Species of bird

The hill prinia is a species of passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Banded prinia</span> Species of bird

The banded prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rufous-fronted prinia</span> Species of bird

The rufous-fronted prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in India and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grey-crowned prinia</span> Species of bird

The grey-crowned prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Bhutan, northern India and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Black-chested prinia</span> Species of bird

The black-chested prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yellow-bellied prinia</span> Species of bird

The yellow-bellied prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Pakistan, the southern Himalayan foothills, the northeastern Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White-chinned prinia</span> Species of bird

The white-chinned prinia, also known as the white-chinned warbler, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brown prinia</span> Species of bird

The brown prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. The Burmese prinia and the Annam prinia were formerly lumped with this species.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rufescent prinia</span> Species of bird

The rufescent prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and southern Yunnan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red-fronted prinia</span> Species of bird

The red-fronted prinia, also known as the red-fronted warbler and the red-faced apalis, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Prinia somalica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22713611A94383009. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713611A94383009.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.