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Karoo Prinia
Prinia maculosa · Family Cisticolidae
Prinia maculosa
Family Cisticolidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 129,131
- Countries and territories with records
- 5
About this species
This species has 129,131 occurrence records from 5 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). South Africa accounts for 99.1% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.32% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Prinia maculosa combines the genus name Prinia with the species epithet maculosa. The Warbla app catalog lists 28 species of the genus Prinia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Prinia inornata, Prinia socialis and Prinia subflava.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 154 species of the family Cisticolidae. This species ranks 16th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cisticola juncidis. Its record count is 2.6 times the family average (48,797). The family Cisticolidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.