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Karoo Prinia

Prinia maculosa

Photo by Jared Hersch
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The Karoo Prinia is 13–15 cm long, with short rounded wings, a longish tail, strong legs and a short straight black bill. The head has a whitish eyebrow and the upperparts are otherwise brown. The throat and lower face are whitish with dark streaking and the rest of the underparts are yellowish white or yellow with distinct black streaking. The long tail has a dark spot near the end and is typically cocked up at an angle. The feet and legs are pinkish-brown, and the eye is dark brown. The sexes are identical, but juveniles are much yellower below than the adults and less heavily streaked.

Habitat:

Garden

Notes:

The calls of this species include a sharp chleet-chleet-chleet-chleet-chleet-chleet, and a fast buzzy tit-tit-tit-tit-tit

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Comments (5)

You're new photos are great Jared, I think I would choose #3 as the cover photo its lovely and you can really see its orange eye ring!

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