Prinias
Prinia
The prinias are a genus of small insectivorous birds belonging to the passerine bird family Cisticolidae. They are often also alternatively classed in the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae. The name of the genus is derived from the Javanese prinya, the local name for the bar-winged prinia.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 29 known species
Plain Prinia
speciesPrinia inornata
Ashy Prinia
speciesPrinia socialis
Karoo Prinia
speciesPrinia maculosa
Tawny-flanked Prinia
speciesPrinia subflava
Yellow-bellied Prinia
speciesPrinia flaviventris
Gray-breasted Prinia
speciesPrinia hodgsonii
Graceful Prinia
speciesPrinia gracilis
Black-chested Prinia
speciesPrinia flavicans
Jungle Prinia
speciesPrinia sylvatica
Delicate Prinia
speciesPrinia lepida
Rufescent Prinia
speciesPrinia rufescens
Hill Prinia
speciesPrinia superciliaris
Himalayan Prinia
speciesPrinia crinigera
Drakensberg Prinia
speciesPrinia hypoxantha
Bar-winged Prinia
speciesPrinia familiaris
Rufous-fronted Prinia
speciesPrinia buchanani
Striped Prinia
speciesPrinia striata
Brown Prinia
speciesPrinia polychroa
Red-winged Prinia
speciesPrinia erythroptera
São Tomé Prinia
speciesPrinia molleri
Red-fronted Prinia
speciesPrinia rufifrons
Black-throated Prinia
speciesPrinia atrogularis
Banded Prinia
speciesPrinia bairdii
Pale Prinia
speciesPrinia somalica
River Prinia
speciesPrinia fluviatilis
Rufous-crowned Prinia
speciesPrinia khasiana
Annam Prinia
speciesPrinia rocki
Gray-crowned Prinia
speciesPrinia cinereocapilla
Burmese Prinia
speciesPrinia cooki
Black-chested × Karoo Prinia
hybridPrinia flavicans × maculosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 7706.