Abundance: 0.06 to 3.30% (median 0.94%)

Latitudinal range: -34.0° to 31.0°

Habitats: temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (5), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical savanna (5), tropical/subtropical wetland (2)

Found in 21 samples

Cameroon: Nyong River

Egypt: Burullus Ringing Station (Autumn 2005)

Ghana: Samole (wet season)

India: Wangasara (Forest A)

Kenya: Nyeri County, Kakamega Forest

Malaysia: Paya Indah Wetland Reserve, Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (recently logged forest), PPB Oil Palms Berhad (oil palm plantation)

Nigeria: Jos Wildlife Park

South Africa: Umdoni Park, Cape Receife, Tonqani

Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (unlogged), Makerere University Biological Field Station (logged), Zika Forest (inside), Zika Forest (outside), Makerere University Biological Field Station Compartment K-15

Vietnam: Tam Dao National Park

Zambia: Balmoral, Copper Chalice

See also Prinia bairdii, Prinia erythroptera, Prinia flavicans, Prinia flaviventris, Prinia gracilis, Prinia hodgsonii, Prinia leucopogon, Prinia maculosa, Prinia rufescens, Prinia subflava