River Prinia

Prinia fluviatilis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWetlandDomed nestTiny · 10 g

When to see the River Prinia

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the River Prinia

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Mauritania, Niger.

About the River Prinia

The river prinia is a species of bird of the family Cisticolidae. It is found in northwestern Senegal, along the Niger River, in the Lake Chad region and in northwestern Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and swamps.

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Easily confused with

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