Drakensberg Prinia
Prinia hypoxantha(Sharpe, RB, 1877)
English (US) Drakensberg Prinia
The Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha) 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.
Range: eastern South Africa (Limpopo southward to eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and eastern Eastern Cape) and LesothoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prinia hypoxantha
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Drakensberg Prinia
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1877)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Drymoeca hypoxantha
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1877)
- Type locality
- Eland's Post (= Seymour), eastern Cape Province.
- Original description
- The birds of South Africa. New edition ed.2 p.260
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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