Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae (Cisticolas & Allies)  
Genus: Prinia (30 species)


Black-throated Prinia
Black-throated Prinia (Prinia atrogularis)
Range: OR: e Himalayas and sw China
Trongsa, Bhutan  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info


Banded Prinia
Banded Prinia (Prinia bairdii)
Range: AF: c
Kakamega, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


Rufous-fronted Prinia
Rufous-fronted Prinia (Prinia buchanani)
Range: OR: Pakistan and India
Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info


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Grey-crowned Prinia (Prinia cinereocapilla) Vulnerable
Range: OR: nw India, Nepal and Bhutan
 



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Burmese Prinia (Prinia cooki)
Range: OR: c Myanmar
 



Himalayan Prinia
Himalayan Prinia (Prinia crinigera)
Range: PAL: Afghanistan to ne India, Bhutan and s China
Pangot, India
  Note striated back.
 
Photograph by Mikael Bauer   © All Rights Reserved.


Red-winged Prinia
Red-winged Prinia (Prinia erythroptera)
Range: AF: w, c, e
Poli, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Red-winged Prinia
Red-winged Prinia (Prinia erythroptera erythroptera)
Range: AF: w, c, e
Mole National Park, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Bar-winged Prinia
Bar-winged Prinia (Prinia familiaris) Near Threatened
Range: OR: Sumatra, Java and Bali
Muara Angke, West Java, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Black-chested Prinia
Black-chested Prinia (Prinia flavicans)
Range: AF: s
Johannesburg, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-bellied Prinia
Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris)
Range: OR: widespread
Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


River Prinia
River Prinia (Prinia fluviatilis)
Range: AF: nw Senegal and sw Mauritania to Chad; nw Kenya
Djoudj National Park, Senegal  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Graceful Prinia
Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis)
Range: PAL, AF: n Egypt and ne Africa to s Syria and n Saudi Arabia:
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  
 
Photograph by Ammadoux   © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-breasted Prinia
Grey-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii rufula)
Range: OR: widespread
Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info

Grey-breasted Prinia
Grey-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii pectoralis)
Range: OR: widespread
Sri Lanka  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


Drakensberg Prinia
Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha)
Range: AF: e South Africa and w Swaziland
Bramasole Guest House, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.


Plain Prinia
Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
Range: OR: ne Afghanistan to e China and Vietnam; disjunctly Java
Chumphorn, Thailand  
 
Photograph by Michael Gillam   © All Rights Reserved.


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Rufous-crowned Prinia (Prinia khasiana)
Range: OR: ne India and w Myanmar
 



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Delicate Prinia (Prinia lepida)
Range: PAL, OR: s Turkey and n Syria east to South Asia. Also UAE and n Oman
 



Karoo Prinia
Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa)
Range: AF: sw
Strandfontein, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


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Black-faced Prinia (Prinia melanops)
Range: AF: ec
 



Sao Tome Prinia
Sao Tome Prinia (Prinia molleri)
Range: AF: São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)
São Tomé  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Brown Prinia
Brown Prinia (Prinia polychroa)
Range: OR: se Asia and Java
Bueng Boraphet, Phra Non, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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Annam Prinia (Prinia rocki)
Range: OR: s, c Vietnam
 



Rufescent Prinia
Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens peninsularis)
Range: OR: widespread
Ampang, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


Red-fronted Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia (Prinia rufifrons)
Range: AF: ne
Engikaret, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Ashy Prinia
Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)
Range: OR: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Okhla, Delhi, India  
 
Photograph by Vijay Anand Ismavel     Copyright and usage info


Pale Prinia
Pale Prinia (Prinia somalica erlangeri)
Range: AF: ne
Yabello, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Striped Prinia (Prinia striata)
Range: OR: Mainland China, Taiwan
 



Tawny-flanked Prinia
Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava)
Range: AF: widespread
Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Hill Prinia
Hill Prinia (Prinia superciliaris)
Range: OR: ne India, e Myanmar, se Asia and Sumatra
Thailand  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


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Jungle Prinia (Prinia sylvatica)
Range: OR: India and Sri Lanka
 




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