Red-winged Prinia

Prinia erythroptera (Jardine, 1849)

12 gWeight

The red-winged prinia or the red-winged warbler (Prinia erythroptera) is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae.

Busiest months: March and November · Most records: Ghana, Gambia, Mozambique

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: March and November · Most records: Ghana, Gambia, Mozambique

Red-winged Prinia has been recorded at 75 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Brenu Beach – grasslandsGhana188 records
Katiyo Tea EstateZimbabwe85 records
Amurum Forest ReserveNigeria78 records

More places

Mole NPGhana70 records
TujerengGambia69 records
Mole NP – Mole Hotel & waterholeGhana64 records
Miombo Woodland – Road to Gorongosa NPMozambique34 records
Brufut WoodsGambia31 records
Coutada 12Mozambique30 records
Benoue NPCameroon23 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Ghana Gambia Mozambique Zimbabwe Nigeria Malawi Cameroon Senegal

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The red-winged prinia or the red-winged warbler (Prinia erythroptera) is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae. It formerly belonged in the monotypic genus Heliolais. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, where its natural habitat is dry savanna.

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