What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Karoo Prinia been recorded?

Prinia maculosa occurrence evidence comes from 248 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Karoo Prinia
Karoo Prinia — Photo (display-sized rendition): Robert Muckley from Ascot, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesCisticolidaePrinia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

248 records across 4 countries and territories, 1830–2026.

Prinia maculosa · GBIF taxon key 2492750

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18302026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Karoo Prinia has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Karoo Prinia. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 240
Namibia 6
LS 1
Uganda 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.