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Tawny-flanked Prinia

Description:

This is a small Old World warbler (fam Cisticolidae), about 12 cm in length, with a long graduated tail, and long and narrow bill. Throat and breast are whitish, with warm buff flanks and vent. The upperparts are grey-brown with rufous-brown edges to the flight feathers and a rufous tinge to the rump.

Habitat:

Very common (the most common of all prinias according to some field guides) in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, seen on borders of protected savanna/woodlands of Mukuvisi, outskirts of Harare.

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Zlatan Celebic
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Zlatan Celebic

Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe

Spotted on Jan 20, 2018
Submitted on Jan 31, 2018

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