Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha)

Other Names (World)
Drakensberg Prinia, Saffron-breasted Prinia

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
12 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1877

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, lowland moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

South Africa.

Soutpansberg and escarpment of eastern South Africa and western Swaziland, south through midlands of KwaZulu-Natal to Eastern Cape (around East London).

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 (13)...)

Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha) [XC280615]
by Faansie Peacock from Spioenkop Dam area, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (song)

Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha) [XC648734]
by Nature sounds by Simply Birding from Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality (near Wakkerstroom), Eastvaal District Council, Mpumalanga, South Africa (alarm call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Prinia maculosa (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa) and Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha) following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Forms a superspecies with Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa). Often considered conspecific, but little evidence of intergradation where the two meet (other than around Mt Currie, in East Griqualand).

References
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