Karoo Prinia
Prinia maculosa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusPrinia (Prinias)
- SpeciesPrinia maculosa (Karoo Prinia)
Closest Relatives at Table Mountain National Park
Levaillant's Cisticola
Cisticola tinniens
Bar-throated Apalis
Apalis thoracica
Red-headed Cisticola
Cisticola subruficapilla
Piping Cisticola
Cisticola fulvicapilla
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio
Cape White-eye
Zosterops virens
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris chalybeus
Cape Bulbul
Pycnonotus capensis
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Olive Thrush
Turdus olivaceus
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Karoo Prinia in Table Mountain National Park?
About 46% of visitor-days record a Karoo Prinia sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 2356 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Karoo Prinia in Table Mountain National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Karoo Prinia in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.