Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa)
About the Karoo Prinia
The Karoo prinia or spotted prinia (Prinia maculosa) is a small passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in South Africa, Lesotho and far southern Namibia. It is a species found in karoo scrub, fynbos and bracken-covered slopes in semi-desert and mountains. The former eastern subspecies P. m. hypoxantha is now usually considered to be a separate species, the Drakensberg prinia, P. hypoxantha.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 149 recordings for this species: 119 CC BY-NC-SA · 30 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in South Africa in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Ashy PriniaPrinia socialisrecording
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsoniirecording
- Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvaticarecording
- Rufous-fronted PriniaPrinia buchananirecording
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflavarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.