Tawny-flanked Prinia
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Tawny-flanked Prinia
agujaceratops · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Irene · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Ben Keen · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Stephen John Davies · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Ben Keen · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Matthew Fainman · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Paul Hoekman · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Ben Keen · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny-flanked Prinia
lallen · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Paul Hoekman · CC0_1_0 via GBIF

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
Genus
Prinia
eBird Code
tafpri1

Vocalizations

i_c_riddell · CC_BY_4_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Matthew Fainman · CC_BY_4_0
Prince Molokomme · CC0_1_0
Cole Wolf · CC_BY_4_0
Cole Wolf · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (10)

  • Prinia subflava affinis

    eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southwestern Tanzania, Zambia, eastern Botswana, and southern Mozambique

  • Prinia subflava bechuanae

    southwestern Angola to northern Namibia, northern Botswana, southwestern Zambia, and western Zimbabwe

  • Prinia subflava graueri

    eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu) to Rwanda and highlands of Angola

  • Prinia subflava kasokae

    western Zambia (west of Zambezi River) and adjacent eastern Angola

  • Prinia subflava melanorhyncha

    Sierra Leone to Cameroon, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania

  • Prinia subflava mutatrix

    southern Tanzania to Malawi, eastern Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe, and Mozambique

  • Prinia subflava pallescens

    Mali to Sudan, northwestern Ethiopia, and western Eritrea

  • Prinia subflava pondoensis

    southern Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal, eastern Eswatini, and eastern Cape Province

  • Prinia subflava subflava

    Senegal to western and central Ethiopia and northern Uganda

  • Prinia subflava tenella

    coastal eastern Africa (Somalia to southern Tanzania)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.