Black-faced Prinia (Prinia melanops)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow & Neumann, 1895)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From 1,500 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Uganda.

Western Kenya and eastern Uganda.

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 (2012) and stable.

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Black-faced Prinia (Prinia melanops) [XC240164]
by Martin St-Michel from Mubwindi trail, Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (call)

Black-faced Prinia (Prinia melanops) [XC105603]
by Brian Cox from Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Mount Bugulumiza, Congo (Democratic Republic) (call)

Subspecies
Banded Prinia (Prinia bairdii) and Black-faced Prinia (Prinia melanops) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Prinia bairdii following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Banded Prinia (Prinia bairdii).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

obscura (Neumann, 1908) - Highlands of eastern DRCongo, western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Banded Prinia (Prinia bairdii).
melanops (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) - Esst-central. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Banded Prinia (Prinia bairdii).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-faced Prinia (Prinia melanops) - 7 files

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