- 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:
- P. f. bihe:
- P. f. flavicans:
- P. f. nubilosa:
- 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
- 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.
- Avibase
- The Kruger
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-chested Prinia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 March 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-chested_Prinia