Red-winged prinia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Red-winged prinia |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Prinia |
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P. erythroptera
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| Prinia erythroptera (Jardine, 1849)
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The red-winged prinia (Prinia erythroptera), also called the red-winged warbler, is a small bird. It is part of the Cisticolidae family, which includes many types of warblers. This bird used to be in its own special group, but scientists now agree it belongs with other prinias.
You can find this bird in many countries across Africa. It lives in dry savanna areas. These areas are like grasslands with scattered trees. The red-winged prinia lives in places like Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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About the Red-Winged Prinia
The red-winged prinia gets its name from its reddish wings. Its scientific name, Prinia erythroptera, also means "red-winged." The word erythros is Ancient Greek for "red," and -pteros means "-winged."
How the Bird Got Its Name
A Scottish naturalist named William Jardine first described this bird in 1849. He gave it the scientific name Drymoica erythroptera. Later, scientists moved it to the Prinia group.
Different Types of Red-Winged Prinias
There are four different types, or subspecies, of the red-winged prinia. They look very similar but live in slightly different areas:
- P. e. erythroptera: Found from Senegal to northern Cameroon.
- P. e. jodoptera: Lives from central Cameroon to southern Sudan and northwestern Uganda.
- P. e. major: Found in Ethiopia.
- P. e. rhodoptera: Lives from Kenya to eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Understanding Bird Families
Most bird experts now place this species in the Prinia group. This is instead of keeping it in its own unique group called Heliolais. Scientists used special studies, like looking at the birds' DNA, to figure this out. A study in 2013 showed that the red-winged warbler is very closely related to other prinias. This helps us understand how different bird species are connected.
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