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Drakensberg prinia

Prinia hypoxantha (Sharpe, 1877)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The drakensberg prinia (Prinia hypoxantha) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 8.1 g to 10.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Drakensberg prinia (Prinia hypoxantha)
Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the drakensberg prinia

Weight
8.1 g – 10.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3 – 3.25src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the drakensberg prinia live?

Not recorded

What is the drakensberg prinia?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Drakensberg prinia or saffron-breasted prinia (Prinia hypoxantha) is a small passerine bird. It lives in eastern South Africa and Eswatini.

It lives in the Drakensberg's forest edges, wooded gullies and bracken covered slopes. The Drakensberg prinia was formerly considered to be a subspecies P. m. hypoxantha of the Karoo prinia, P. maculosa.

From the Wikipedia article “Drakensberg prinia” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drakensberg_prinia&oldid=1330486553), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the drakensberg prinia endangered?

The drakensberg prinia is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

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How is the drakensberg prinia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusPrinia
  7. SpeciesPrinia hypoxantha (Sharpe, 1877)

Synonyms Drymoeca hypoxantha, Prinia maculosa hypoxantha

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Drakensburg priniaEnglish
  • Drakensburg priniaEnglish
  • DRPREnglish
  • Saffron-breasted priniaEnglish
  • Saffron-breasted priniaEnglish
  • Geelpenslangstertjie (Drakensberglangstertjie)Afrikaans
  • Prínia del DrakensbergCatalan
  • prínia de la serralada DrakensbergCatalan
  • prinie lesothskáCzech
  • Safranbrystet PriniaDanish
  • GelbbauchprinieGerman
  • DrakensbergprinieGerman
  • drakensberga prinioEsperanto
  • Prinia del DrakensbergSpanish
  • Prinia de Las DrankensbergSpanish
  • lohikäärmevuortenpriiniaFinnish
  • Prinia du DrakensbergFrench
  • Prinia à poitrine cannelleFrench
  • južnoafrička prinijaCroatian
  • Prinia dei DrakensbergItalian
  • キムネハウチワドリJapanese
  • Drakensbergo prinijaLithuanian
  • prinia kafryjskaPolish
  • prínia-do-drakensbergPortuguese
  • prínia-das-drakensbergPortuguese
  • prínia-malhada-de-drakensbergPortuguese
  • Пестрогрудая принияRussian
  • prinia šafranováSlovak
  • Prinija iz DrakensbergaSerbian
  • Drakensberg PrinyasıTurkish
  • принія жовтогрудаUkrainian
  • 龍山鷦鶯Chinese
  • 德拉山鹪莺Chinese

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Relatives of the drakensberg prinia

Other species in the same genus Prinia.

LC, Least Concern
Ashy prinia (Prinia socialis)

Ashy prinia

Prinia socialis

Cisticolidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the drakensberg prinia?

An adult drakensberg prinia weighs 8.1 g – 10.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the drakensberg prinia endangered?

The drakensberg prinia is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the drakensberg prinia?

The drakensberg prinia (Prinia hypoxantha) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Drakensberg prinia (Prinia hypoxantha). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/drakensberg-prinia

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BibTeX
@misc{drakensberg_prinia_2026,
  title = {Drakensberg prinia (Prinia hypoxantha)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/drakensberg-prinia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}