Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Pale Prinia (Prinia somalica) - HBW 11, p. 436
French: Prinia pâle
German: Somaliprinie
Spanish: Prinia Somalí
Taxonomy: Burnesia somalica Elliot, 1897, Las Durban, Somalia.
Forms a superspecies with P. inornata, P. subflava and P. fluviatilis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- somalica (Elliot, 1897) - N Somalia.
- erlangeri Reichenow, 1905 - SE Sudan, S Ethiopia, C Somalia, Kenya and extreme E Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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preening on top of acacia, flies off Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Martin Kennewell 3 November 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 3 -
A bird preening on a branch Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp erlangeri)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 4 years ago 5 sec 2
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adult perched
Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp erlangeri)
Nik Borrow 4 November 2008 17 weeks ago 3.4
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