Schistolais
Sierra Leone prinia (Schistolais leontica)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Schistolais
Wolters, 1980
Type species
Drymoeca leucopogon[1]
Cabanis, 1875
Species

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Schistolais is a genus of passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae.

It contains the following species:[2]

Image Scientific Name Common Name Distribution
Schistolais leucopogon White-chinned prinia 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.
Schistolais leontica Sierra Leone prinia Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

References

  1. ^ "Cisticolidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas & allies". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 August 2017.


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