Red-winged Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Red-winged Prinia

Photo by Mike Barth
Ghana, October 2013

Prinia erythroptera

Heliolais erythropterus

Identification

13 cm (5 in)

• Dark grey crown and nape
• Chestnut wing panel

Distribution

Africa: Western Africa:
Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi.

Taxonomy

Sometimes placed in the genus Heliolais.

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• P. e. erythroptera:

• Senegal to southern Mali and northern Cameroon

• P. e. jodoptera:

• Central and southern Cameroon to South Sudan

• P. e. major:

• Ethiopia

• P. e. rhodoptera:

• Kenya to Mozambique

Habitat

Dry savanna, coastal scrub.

Behaviour

Diet

They eat beetles, spiders and larvae of small insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-winged Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-winged_Warbler

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