Black-chested Prinia

Photo by barty63
Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2011

Photo by Max Holdt
Windhoek, Namibia, November 2004

Prinia flavicans

Identification

13cm

• Brown head and back
• Black throat
• Brown eye
• Black bill
• Purple legs.

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Angola
Eastern Africa: Zambia
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Lesotho

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 5 subspecies:

• P. f. ansorgei:

• Coastal Angola and Namibia (Namib Desert to Walvis Bay)

• P. f. bihe:

• Angola highlands to Zambia

• P. f. flavicans:

• Namibia to Botswana and north-western Cape Province

• P. f. nubilosa:

• Eastern Botswana to south-western Zambia, south-western Zimbabwe and Transvaal

• P. f. ortleppi:

• South-western Transvaal to western Orange Free State and north-eastern Cape Province

Habitat

Arid scrub, savanna amd gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes invertebrates, fruit, seeds and nectar.

Breeding

Monogomous. They nest in trees and and shrubs the clutch consists of 2-6 green eggs.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. The Kruger

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-chested Prinia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-chested_Prinia

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