Prinia erythroptera (Red-winged Warbler)

Red-winged Warbler

Prinia erythroptera (Jardine, W 1849)

The red-winged prinia or the red-winged warbler is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae. It formerly belonged in the monotypic genus Heliolais. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, where its natural habitat is dry savanna. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cisticolidae
Genus:
   Prinia
Scientific:
  Prinia erythroptera

Original description

Citation:
(Jardine, W 1849)

Reference:
Contrib. Orn. [Jardine] 2 p."15-2" pl.14

Protonym:
Drymoica erythroptera

Type locality:
western Africa. Type, in British Museum (Natural History), from Gold Coast (= Ghana), fide W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Avium Aethiopicarum, p. 566

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51703050

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
C67FD539EECC3942

Avibase ID:
avibase-C67FD539

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C67FD539

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916603

Geographic range:

Prinia erythroptera erythroptera: Senegal to s Mali and n Cameroon
Prinia erythroptera jodoptera: central and southern Cameroon to South Sudan
Prinia erythroptera major: Ethiopia
Prinia erythroptera rhodoptera: Kenya to Mozambique

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Red-winged Warbler
Catalan:
prínia emmascarada
Czech:
prinie červenokřídlá
Danish:
Kastanjevinget Prinia
German:
Sonnenprinie
Spanish:
Prinia Alirroja
Spanish (Spain):
Prinia Alirroja
Finnish:
savannipriinia
French:
Prinia à ailes rousses
Croatian:
kestenjastokrila prinija
Italian:
Prinia alirosse
Japanese (romaji):
akabanemushikui
Japanese:
アカバネムシクイ
Lithuanian:
Rusvasparnė prinija
Dutch:
Roodvleugelprinia
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudvengprinia
Norwegian:
Rødvingeprinia
Polish:
prinia rdzawoskrzydła
Portuguese:
Felosa-d'asa-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal):
prínia-d'asa-ruiva
Russian:
Краснокрылая приния
Slovak:
prinia červenokrídla
Serbian:
Crvenokrila prinija
Swedish:
rödvingesångare
Ukrainian:
Принія рудокрила
Chinese:
红翅山鹪莺
Chinese (Traditional):
紅翅鷦鶯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythroptera) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-winged Warbler ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-winged Warbler ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-winged Warbler ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-winged Warbler ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-winged Warbler ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-winged Warbler ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-winged Warbler ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-winged Warbler ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Prinia à ailes rousses ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Prinia à ailes rousses ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Red-winged Warbler ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Red-winged Warbler ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythropterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Prinia erythroptera [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Prinia erythroptera [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Prinia erythroptera [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythroptera) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythroptera) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Red-winged Warbler ( Heliolais erythroptera) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Red-winged Prinia ( Prinia erythroptera) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Heliolais erythropterus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Heliolais erythropterus [version 1]

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Species status: full species

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