Karoo prinia

Karoo prinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Prinia
Species:
P. maculosa
Binomial name
Prinia maculosa
(Boddaert, 1783)

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.

  1. ^ 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.