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Red-faced Apalis

Prinia rufifrons Rüppell, WPES 1840

The red-fronted prinia, also known as the red-fronted warbler and the red-faced apalis, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cisticolidae
Genus:
   Prinia
Scientific:
  Prinia rufifrons

Original description

Citation:
  Rüppell, WPES 1840

Reference:
   Neue Wirbelth. Fauna Abyss. Vög.

Protonym:
  Prinia rufifrons

Type locality:
  labeled Prinia (Sylvia) rufifrons Abyssinian coastlands.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140130#page/190/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D8177CECEA46EF3E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D8177CEC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D8177CEC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916610

Geographic range:

  • Prinia rufifrons rufifrons: Chad to northern Sudan, northeastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, and northwestern Somalia
  • Prinia rufifrons smithi: South Sudan to southeastern Ethiopia, Somalia, far northeastern Uganda, Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania
  • Prinia rufifrons rufidorsalis: southeastern Kenya (Tsavo)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Red-faced Apalis
Catalan:
prínia de front vermell
Czech:
prinie rezavočelá
Danish:
Rødmasket Apalis
German:
Rotstirnprinie
Spanish:
Prinia Frentirroja
Spanish (Spain):
Prinia Frentirroja
Finnish:
aavikkoapali
French:
Prinia de Rüppell
Croatian:
crvenočela prinija
Italian:
Prinide fronterossa
Japanese (romaji):
chabitaimushikui
Japanese:
チャビタイムシクイ
Lithuanian:
raudonkaktė prinija
Dutch:
Roodmaskerprinia
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Rustpannesongar
Norwegian:
rustpannesanger
Polish:
nikornik rdzawoczelny
Portuguese:
Fuinha-de-testa-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal):
prínia-de-testa-vermelha
Russian:
Краснолицая приния
Slovak:
prinia hrdzavočelá
Serbian:
Crvenočela prinija
Swedish:
rostpannad sångare
Ukrainian:
Принія пустельна
Chinese:
红脸娇莺
Chinese (Traditional):
紅額鷦鶯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urohipis rufifrons) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urohipis rufifrons) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urohipis rufifrons) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urohipis rufifrons) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Red-faced Apalis ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Red-faced Apalis ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Red-faced Apalis ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Red-faced Apalis ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Red-faced Apalis ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Red-faced Apalis ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Red-faced Apalis ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Red-faced Apalis ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Red-faced Apalis ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Apalis à front roux ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Apalis à front roux ( Apalis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Red-faced Apalis ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Red-faced Apalis ( Apalis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Red-faced Apalis ( Apalis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Red-faced Warbler ( Apalis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Red-faced Warbler ( Apalis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Red-faced Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Red-faced Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Red-faced Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Red-fronted Apalis ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Urorhipis rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Red-faced Apalis ( Apalis rufifrons) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Apalis rufifrons [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Apalis rufifrons [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Apalis rufifrons [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Red-faced Apalis ( Apalis rufifrons) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Red-faced Apalis ( Apalis rufifrons) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Red-fronted Warbler ( Spiloptila rufifrons) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Red-fronted Prinia ( Prinia rufifrons) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Apalis rufifrons [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Urorhipis rufifrons [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: prínia de front vermell
Czech: Apalis rezavocelý, prinie rezavočelá
Welsh: Apalis aelgoch
Danish: Rødmasket Apalis
German: Rotstirn-Feinsänger, Rotstirnprinie
English: African Red-faced Apalis, Red faced Apalis, Red-faced Apalis, Red-faced Prinia, Red-faced Scrub-Warbler, Red-faced Warbler, Red-fronted Apalis, Red-fronted Prinia, Red-fronted Warbler, Somali Red-fronted Warbler, Teita Red-fronted Warbler
English, HBW: Red-fronted Prinia
English (IOC): Red-fronted Prinia, Red-fronted Warbler
English (Kenya): Red-fronted Warbler
English (United States): Red-fronted Prinia
Esperanto: Ruĝfrontulo, Ruĝfruntulo
Spanish: Apalis de Cara Roja, Prinia Frentirroja
Spanish (Spain): Prinia Frentirroja
Spanish (HBW): Red-fronted Warbler
Estonian: punakurk-säälik
Finnish: Aavikkoapali
French: Apalis à front roux, Fauvette à front roux, Fauvette-forestière à front rouge, Prinia de Rüppell
Irish: Ceolaire broinnrua
Galician: Apalis de Rüppell
Croatian: crvenočela prinija
Italian: Apale fronterossa, Prinia fronterossa, Prinide fronterossa
Japanese (romaji): chabitaikoorogimushikui, chabitaimushikui
Japanese: チャビタイコオロギムシクィ, チャビタイムシクイ
Scientific: Apalis rufifrons, Prinia rufifrons, Prinia rufifrons rufifrons, Spiloptila rufifrons, Urohipis rufifrons, Urorhipis rufifrons, Urorhipis rufifrons rufifrons
Lithuanian: raudonkaktė prinija
Dutch: Roodmaskerapalis, Roodmaskerprinia
Norwegian Nynorsk: Rustpannesongar
Norwegian: Rustpanneapalis, rustpannesanger
Polish: nikornik rdzawoczelny, prinia ostrosterna, Rdzawoczółka
Portuguese: Fuinha-de-testa-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal): prínia-de-testa-vermelha
Russian: Краснолицая приния, Краснолицый колючник
Slovak: penička hrdzavočelá, prinia hrdzavočelá
Serbian: Crvenočela prinija
Swedish: Rödmaskad apalis, rostpannad prinia, rostpannad sångare
Swahili: Kibwirosagi Paji-jekundu
Turkish: Kızıl başlıklı prinya
Ukrainian: Принія пустельна
Chinese: 红脸娇莺
Chinese (Traditional): 紅額鷦鶯

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