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.

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) [XC235958]
by Martin St-Michel from Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Black-faced Prinia (Prinia melanops) [XC75399]
by Hans Groot from Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda, Rwanda (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) - 8 files

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