Karoo Prinia
Prinia maculosa
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,553
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Karoo prinia or spotted prinia (Prinia maculosa) is a small passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in South Africa, Lesotho and far southern Namibia. It is a species found in karoo scrub, fynbos and bracken-covered slopes in semi-desert and mountains. The former eastern subspecies P. m. hypoxantha is now usually considered to be a separate species, the Drakensberg prinia, P. hypoxantha.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Karoo prinia”.