Species Information
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686. Drakensberg Prinia
(Spotted prinia ) (Prinia hypoxantha)
Common breeding resident in the highveld. The Drakensberg Prinia was formerly considered to be a subspecies P. m. hypoxantha of the Karoo Prinia, P. maculosa.
Malolotja
Malolotja Information:
Common localised resident of grasslands and wooded slopes.
Vleis, dams and rivers
Mixed woodlands, thicket and thornveld
Malolotja information from the Bird Checklist for Malolotja (printed in the late 1980's, sponsored by the Natural History Society of Eswatini), supplemented with information from Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 1985.
Checklist, comments and distribution information from the Eswatini Bird Atlas by Vincent Parker, digital data provided by the Avian Demography Unit, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town (http://www.aviandemographyunit.org). SiSwati names from SNTC and Big Game Parks.
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