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Sao Tome Prinia
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São Tomé Prinia
Prinia molleri
The São Tomé prinia (Prinia molleri) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe and is found in the island of São Tomé. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is found primarily in open habitats and at the edges of forests.
The species was named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1887.
From the article São Tomé prinia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
What it does
It is primarily insectivorous, but also sometimes eats plants, including Erythrina flowers. It is suspected to forage in rotting tree trunks.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Diet”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7725.