Alternative name: Red-winged Prinia
- Prinia erythroptera
Heliolais erythropterus
Identification
13 cm (5 in)
- Dark grey crown and nape
- Chestnut wing panel
Distribution
Africa:
Western Africa:
Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi.
Taxonomy
Sometimes placed in the genus Heliolais.
Subspecies
There are 4 subspecies[1]:
- P. e. erythroptera:
- P. e. jodoptera:
- Central and southern Cameroon to South Sudan
- P. e. major:
- P. e. rhodoptera:
- Kenya to Mozambique
Habitat
Dry savanna, coastal scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
They eat beetles, spiders and larvae of small insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-winged Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-winged_Warbler