Banded prinia

Banded prinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Prinia
Species: P. bairdii
Binomial name
Prinia bairdii
(Cassin, 1855)

The banded prinia (Prinia bairdii) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The eastern races are sometimes regarded as a separate species, the black-faced prinia (P. melanops).

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