page_title: Karoo prinia
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Karoo prinia / Description
caption_attribution_description: Prinia maculosa English: A Karoo Prinia (also known as Spotted Prinia) in Rondevlei Nature Reserve, Cape Town, South Africa.
context_page_description: The Karoo prinia or spotted prinia is a small passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in South Africa, Lesotho and far southern Namibia.
  It is a species of 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.
context_section_description: The Karoo prinia is 13–15 cm (5.1–5.9 in) long, with short rounded wings, a longish tail, strong legs and a short straight black bill.  The head has a whitish eyebrow and the upperparts are otherwise brown. The throat and lower face are whitish with dark streaking and the rest of the underparts are yellowish white or yellow with distinct black streaking. The long tail has a dark spot near the end and is typically cocked up at an angle. The feet and legs are pinkish-brown, and the eye is dark brown. 
  The sexes are identical, but juveniles are much yellower below than the adults and less heavily streaked.
  The calls of this species include a sharp chleet-chleet-chleet-chleet-chleet-chleet, and a fast buzzy tit-tit-tit-tit-tit.
  The Karoo prinia can only be confused with the closely related Drakensberg prinia, but has less yellow underparts with heavier spotting than that species.
caption: In Rondevlei Nature Reserve, Cape Town, South Africa
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