| Karoo prinia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Prinia |
| Species: | P. maculosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Prinia maculosa (Boddaert, 1783)
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The Karoo prinia or spotted prinia (Prinia maculosa) is a small passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in South Africa, Lesotho and far southern Namibia.
It is a species found in karoo scrub, fynbos and bracken-covered slopes in semi-desert and mountains. The former eastern subspecies P. m. hypoxantha is now usually considered to be a separate species, the Drakensberg prinia, P. hypoxantha.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Prinia maculosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713626A94383881. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713626A94383881.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.