Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)

Banded Prinia (Prinia bairdii) - HBW 11, p. 440

French: Prinia rayée German: Zebraprinie Spanish: Prinia Barrada
Other common names: Black-faced Prinia (obscura, melanops)

Taxonomy: Drymoica Bairdii Cassin, 1855, Mondah River, Gabon.
Aberrant prinia, sometimes placed in its own genus, Herpystera. Races melanops and obscura sometimes treated as a separate species on basis of plumage differences and more montane habitat, but a narrow zone of hybridization with nominate exists in E DRCongo. Four subspecies recognized.

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