Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Sierra Leone Prinia (Schistolais leontica), recorded as Endangered
Sierra Leone Prinia (Schistolais leontica). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Sierra Leone Prinia

Schistolais leontica

Sierra Leone Prinia is a perching bird in the family Cisticolidae (order Passeriformes) — Schistolais leontica, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Schistolais leontica
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Cisticolidae · Schistolais

Appearance

The Sierra Leone prinia, also known as the white-eyed prinia, is a bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Range and habitat

It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is thickets and forest edge, especially in the transition zone between submontane forest and submontane grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss, especially habitat clearance to establish iron ore mines.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Sierra Leone Prinia is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Sierra Leone Prinia, Wikidata item Q1923171. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Sierra Leone Prinia?
Sierra Leone Prinia is a perching bird in the family Cisticolidae (order Passeriformes) — Schistolais leontica.
What is the conservation status of Sierra Leone Prinia?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Schistolais leontica. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Sierra Leone Prinia live?
Its natural habitat is thickets and forest edge, especially in the transition zone between submontane forest and submontane grassland.
Why is Sierra Leone Prinia in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss, especially habitat clearance to establish iron ore mines.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Schistolais leontica?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Sierra Leone Prinia a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.