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 EN    Sierra Leone Prinia* Id (Atlas):
    Schistolais leontica

Description (4)
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Other Names (World)
Sierra Leone Prinia, White-eyed Prinia

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bates, 1930)

Habitat
Thickets bordering streams, mountain gallery forests, forest disturbed by treefalls and fire, and natural forest edges. From 700 - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)
Côte dIvoire (B) (NB), Guinea (B) (NB), Liberia (B) (NB), Sierra Leone (B) (NB).

Locally in highlands of Guinea, Sierra Leone, northern Liberia and south-western Ivory Coast.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction and degradation through mining, shifting cultivation, small scale logging and overgrazing by cattle, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly, in pairs or in groups of up to nine birds. Normally keeps within dense vegetation, restlessly foraging low down and occasionally perching in the open.

Voice
A duet consisting of 'tssipp tssipp' and 'burr burr'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

 
Sierra Leone Prinia (Schistolais leontica) [XC764263]
     by id from Dalaba, Guinea (call, song)

 
Sierra Leone Prinia (Schistolais leontica) [XC764261]
     by Paul Lenrum\u00e9 from Dalaba, Guinea (duet, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Previously placed in genus Prinia, but differs in calls, behaviour and plumage. Genetic evidence suggests closer relationship to Apalis and Camaroptera. Sometimes considered a subspecies of White-chinned Prinia (Schistolais leucopogon), but differs in size, plumage and call; sister-species status supported by genetic analysis.


References
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Files:
JPG files for Sierra Leone Prinia (Schistolais leontica) - 4 files


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