Rufous-crowned prinia

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Rufous-crowned prinia
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In Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Prinia
Species:
P. khasiana
Binomial name
Prinia khasiana
(Godwin-Austen, 1876)

The rufous-crowned prinia (Prinia khasiana) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in northeast India and western Myanmar.

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<i>Prinia</i> Genus of birds

Prinia is a genus of small insectivorous birds belonging to the passerine bird family Cisticolidae. They were at one time classed in the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cisticolidae</span> Family of birds

The family Cisticolidae is a group of about 160 warblers, small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They were formerly included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plain prinia</span> Species of bird

The plain prinia, also known as the plain wren-warbler or white-browed wren-warbler, is a small cisticolid warbler found in southeast Asia. It is a resident breeder from Pakistan and India to south China and southeast Asia. It was formerly included in the tawny-flanked prinia, resident in Africa south of the Sahara. The two are now usually considered to be separate species.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jungle prinia</span> Species of bird

The jungle prinia is a small passerine bird, a warbler in the family Cisticolidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tawny-flanked prinia</span> Species of bird

The tawny-flanked prinia is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Prinia in the family Cisticolidae, a family of Old World warblers. It is widespread and common in most parts of Africa south of the Sahara. The plain prinia of southern Asia was formerly included in this species but is now usually considered to be a separate species.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Graceful prinia</span> Species of bird

The graceful prinia is a small warbler. This prinia is a resident breeder in northeastern Africa and southern Asia, from Egypt and Somalia east to Saudi Arabia, where it is sometimes called streaked wren-warbler.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karoo prinia</span> Species of bird

The Karoo prinia or spotted prinia is a small passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in South Africa, Lesotho and far southern Namibia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Large hawk-cuckoo</span> Species of bird

The large hawk-cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It has a wide breeding distribution from temperate Asia along the Himalayas extending to East Asia. Many populations winter further south. They are known for their loud and repetitive calls which are similar to that of the common hawk-cuckoo but do not rise in crescendo. They are also somewhat larger and adults can be readily told apart from the smaller common hawk-cuckoo by the black patch on the chin. They are brood-parasites of babblers and laughing-thrushes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red-winged prinia</span> Species of bird

The red-winged prinia or the red-winged warbler is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae. It formerly belonged in the monotypic genus Heliolais. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, where its natural habitat is dry savanna.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Banded prinia</span> Species of bird

The banded prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rufous-fronted prinia</span> Species of bird

The rufous-fronted prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in India and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grey-crowned prinia</span> Species of bird

The grey-crowned prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Bhutan, northern India and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Himalayan prinia</span> Species of bird

The Himalayan prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It was formerly lumped in with the striped prinia as the striated prinia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bar-winged prinia</span> Species of bird

The bar-winged prinia is a species of bird in the cisticola family Cisticolidae. The species is sometimes known as the bar-winged wren-warbler.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Black-chested prinia</span> Species of bird

The black-chested prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yellow-bellied prinia</span> Species of bird

The yellow-bellied prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Pakistan, the southern Himalayan foothills, the northeastern Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sierra Leone prinia</span> Species of bird

The Sierra Leone prinia, also known as the white-eyed prinia, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is thickets and forest edge, especially in the transition zone between submontane forest and submontane grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss, especially habitat clearance to establish iron ore mines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rufescent prinia</span> Species of bird

The rufescent prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and southern Yunnan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red-fronted prinia</span> Species of bird

The red-fronted prinia, also known as the red-fronted warbler and the red-faced apalis, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

The black-throated prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.

References

  1. BirdLife International. 2017. Prinia khasiana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103777078A118734891. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103777078/118734891. Downloaded on 21 January 2019.