Red-winged Prinia
Prinia erythroptera(Jardine, W, 1849)
English (US) Red-winged Prinia
The Red-winged Prinia (Prinia erythroptera) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Prinia erythroptera
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-winged Prinia
- Described by
- (Jardine, W, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Prinia erythroptera erythroptera
- Prinia erythroptera jodoptera
- Prinia erythroptera major
- Prinia erythroptera rhodoptera
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Drymoica erythroptera
- Described by
- (Jardine, W, 1849)
- Type locality
- western Africa. Type, in British Museum (Natural History), from Gold Coast (= Ghana), fide W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Avium Aethiopicarum, p. 566
- Original description
- Contributions to ornithology 2 p."15-2" pl.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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