Pale Prinia
Prinia somalica(Elliot, DG, 1897)
English (US) Pale Prinia
The Pale Prinia (Prinia somalica) 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 somalica
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pale Prinia
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1897)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Prinia somalica somalica
- Prinia somalica erlangeri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Burnesia somalica
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1897)
- Type locality
- Las Durban, Somaliland.
- Original description
- Field Museum of Natural History Publication, Ornithological Series 1 p.45
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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