Prinia flavicans
A denizen of shrublands, thornveld and riverine thickets in more open areas, the Black-chested Prinia is a very active little insectivorous bird, hopping about the branches gleaning its food from among the leaves and bark of shrubs and trees. Black-chested Prinias are usually encountered in pairs and may nest at any time of year, though more usually in the spring and summer months, incubating a clutch of 2-6 eggs over a 2 week period in a pear-shaped nest woven of green grass and placed in a dense shrub. The chicks leave the nest about 2 weeks after hatching. The cuckoo finch – which we featured a short while ago here on DeWetsWild – often parasitizes the nests of Black-chested Prinias.
The Black-chested Prinia occurs widely in north-western and central South Africa and in Namibia and Botswana, as well as in western Zimbabwe and Zambia and southern Angola. According to the IUCN it is in no danger of extinction.
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