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Photo by Max Holdt
Taken at Windhoek, Namibia

Prinia flavicans

[edit] Identification

13cm. Brown head, back black throat, brown eye, black bill and purple legs.

[edit] Distribution

Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 5 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Arid scrub, savanna amd gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes nvertebrates, fruit, seeds and nectar.

[edit] Breeding

Monogomous. They nest in trees and and shrubs and 2-6 green eggs are laid.

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