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White-chinned prinia

White-chinned prinia
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Schistolais
Species:
S. leucopogon
Binomial name
Schistolais leucopogon
(Cabanis, 1875)
Subspecies
  • S. l. leucopogon
  • S. l. reichenowi

The white-chinned prinia (Schistolais leucopogon), also known as the white-chinned warbler, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

The white-chinned prinia was described by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1875 and given the binomial name Drymoeca leucopogon.[2][3] The specific epithet leucopogon is from the Ancient Greek leukos for "white" and pōgōn, "beard".[4]

Distribution and habitat

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, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Schistolais leucopogon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. ^ Cabanis, Jean (1875). "Drymoeca leucopogon". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 23: 235–236.
  3. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 149.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.


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