Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava - Prinia modeste

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Cisticolidés
Genus
:
Prinia
Species
:
subflava

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics

Size
: 12 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 7 à 12 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.

Subspecific information 10 subspecies

Prinia subflava subflava (s Mauritania and Senegal to c Ethiopia and n Uganda)
Prinia subflava pallescens (n Mali to nw Eritrea and n Ethiopia)
Prinia subflava tenella (s Somalia, e Kenya and e Tanzania)
Prinia subflava melanorhyncha (Sierra Leone to s Uganda, c Kenya and nw Tanzania)
Prinia subflava graueri (c Angola, s and e DRCongo and Rwanda)
Prinia subflava affinis (se DRCongo and sw Tanzania to ne South Africa)
Prinia subflava kasokae (e Angola and w Zambia)
Prinia subflava mutatrix (s Tanzania to e Zimbabwe and c Mozambique)
Prinia subflava bechuanae (sw Angola and n Namibia to nw Zimbabwe)
Prinia subflava pondoensis (s Mozambique and e South Africa)

Foreign names

Prinia modeste,
Prinia modesta,
prínia-de-flancos-castanhos,
Rahmbrustprinie,
halvány prinia,
Roestflankprinia,
Prinia fianchifulvi,
ockrasidig prinia,
Okerflankeprinia,
prinia hnedoboká,
prinie afroasijská,
Almindelig Prinia,
tuhkapriinia,
Bruinsylangstertjie,
prínia de flanc lleonat,
prinia myszata,
Коричневобокая приния,
マミハウチワドリ,
褐胁鹪莺,
褐脇鷦鶯,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens