Sierra Leone Prinia
Schistolais leontica(Bates, GL, 1930)
English (US) Sierra Leone Prinia
The Sierra Leone Prinia (Schistolais leontica) 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: montane ravines of eastern Sierra Leone, southern Guinea, and southwestern Ivory CoastRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Schistolais leontica
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Sierra Leone Prinia
- Described by
- (Bates, GL, 1930)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Prinia leontica
- Described by
- (Bates, GL, 1930)
- Type locality
- Birwa Peak, Kono district, Sierra Leone; altitude 4,500 feet.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 51 p.51
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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