Cricket Warbler
Spiloptila clamans
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The cricket warbler (Spiloptila clamans), also known as cricket longtail, scaly longtail or cricket prinia, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It belongs to the genus Spiloptila; it is often the only species included in the genus but sometimes the red-fronted prinia is placed there as well.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Mauritania and Senegal to Mali, central Sudan, and northern Ethiopia.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Cricket warbler
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
