Cisticolas & Allies

Black-chested Prinia

Prinia flavicans

The Black-chested Prinia (Prinia flavicans) is an 8.7 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cisticolas & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

8.7 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Zimbabwe.

Where to see it: Avis Dam (Namibia); Etosha NP · Okaukuejo Camp (use game drive hotspot for drives) (Namibia); Ondudu Lodge (formerly Erongo Wilderness) (Namibia); Etosha NP · Halali Camp (use game drive hotspot for drives) (Namibia); Rietvlei NR (South Africa).

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist