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title: "Black-chested Prinia"
description: "Prinia flavicans — Birds. The black-chested prinia (Prinia flavicans) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/black-chested-prinia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-chested Prinia

> Prinia flavicans — Birds. The black-chested prinia (Prinia flavicans) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

- Scientific name: *Prinia flavicans*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1083
- Wikidata: [Q2226794](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2226794)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7721](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7721)

## Names

- en: Black-chested Prinia
- de: Brustbandprinie
- es: Prinia pechinegra
- fr: Prinia à plastron
- nl: Zwartborstprinia
- pt: Prínia-de-colar-preto
- pl: Prinia obrożna

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (539), NA (418), BW (60), AO (7)

## Summary

The black-chested prinia (Prinia flavicans) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Prinias are small warblers that can be distinguished from other warblers by their long tails often held in a near-vertical position. All species are sexually monomorphic. There are four species in the Prinia genus in southern Africa. The three other species are as follows: tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava), Karoo prinia (Prinia maculosa), and Drakensberg prinia (Prinia hypoxantha).   Of these four…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-chested_prinia

## Photo

![Black-chested Prinia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-chested-prinia/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34521205

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-chested-prinia?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).