The white-chinned prinia (Schistolais leucopogon), also known as the white-chinned warbler, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
| White-chinned prinia | |
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| At Kakamega, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Schistolais |
| Species: | S. leucopogon
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| Binomial name | |
| Schistolais leucopogon (Cabanis, 1875)
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The white-chinned prinia was described by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1875 and given the binomial name Drymoeca leucopogon.[2][3] The specific epithet leucopogon is from the Ancient Greek leukos for "white" and pōgōn, "beard".[4]
Distribution and habitat edit
It is found in the African countries of Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Schistolais leucopogon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713643A94384593. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713643A94384593.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1875). "Drymoeca leucopogon". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 23: 235–236.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 149.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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