---
title: "Prínia-malhada"
description: "Prinia maculosa — Aves. The Karoo prinia or spotted prinia (Prinia maculosa) is a small passerine bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/karoo-prinia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Prínia-malhada

> Prinia maculosa — Aves. The Karoo prinia or  spotted prinia (Prinia maculosa) is a small passerine bird.

- Scientific name: *Prinia maculosa*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 4448
- Wikidata: [Q2226388](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2226388)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7730](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7730)

## Names

- en: Karoo Prinia
- de: Fleckenprinie
- es: Prinia del Karoo
- fr: Prinia du Karoo
- nl: Karooprinia
- pt: Prínia-malhada
- pl: Prinia plamista

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (4293), LS (20)

## Summary

The Karoo prinia or  spotted prinia (Prinia maculosa) is a small passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in South Africa, Lesotho and far southern Namibia.
It is a species found in karoo scrub, fynbos and bracken-covered slopes in semi-desert and mountains. The former eastern subspecies P. m. hypoxantha is now usually considered to be a separate species, the Drakensberg prinia, P. hypoxantha.

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

## Photo

![Prínia-malhada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/karoo-prinia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Klaus Wehrlin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249041018

## Machine access

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