River Prinia (Prinia fluviatilis)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Chappuis, 1974

Habitat
Riverine and swamp vegetation, by permanent water, ponds and old cultivation, dense, thornless Tamarix senegalensis shrubs 3-4 m high on humid salt soils, and occasionally in reeds but avoiding dense reed-beds.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon (B), Chad (B), Mali (B), Niger (B), Senegal (B).

South-western Mauritania and western Senegambia eastern very locally (mainly on R Niger and around L Chad) to western Chad; also north-western Kenya (Lokichokio).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

River Prinia (Prinia fluviatilis) [XC177768]
by id from Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis, Senegal (song)

River Prinia (Prinia fluviatilis) [XC177996]
by Bram Piot from Bango, Saint-Louis, Senegal (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata), Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava) and Pale Prinia (Prinia somalica).

References
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