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Graceful/Delicate Prinia

Prinia [gracilis or lepida] (= Prinia gracilis) (Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)

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




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cisticolidae
Genus:
   Prinia
Scientific:
  Prinia gracilis

Original description

Citation:
  (Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)

Reference:
   Verz. Doubl. zool. Mus. K. Univ. Berlin

Protonym:
  S[ylvia] gracilis

Type locality:
  Nubia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89675#page/54/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4509E1A387E37D7B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4509E1A3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4509E1A3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562441

Geographic range:

  • Prinia gracilis: lowland arid shrub, riparian scrub, and reedbeds of the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula from Sinai (Egypt) and western Israel southward through northeastern and western Saudi Arabia, to Yemen and southern Oman, and in Africa from northern Egypt southward along the River Nile to southern Sudan, and along the Red Sea coast from Eritrea to Somalia
  • Prinia gracilis gracilis: Nile Valley from northern Egypt southward to southern Sudan; Red Sea coast of northeastern Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and northern Somalia; and the eastern Sinai Peninsula, Lebanon, southern Syria, eastern Israel, Jordan, and northwestern Saudi Arabia
  • Prinia gracilis ashi: southeastern Somalia (coast from ca. 2° to 3°30'N)
  • Prinia gracilis natronensis: northern Egypt (Wadi el Natrun)
  • Prinia gracilis deltae: Egypt (Nile Delta) to Sinai and western Israel
  • Prinia gracilis yemenensis: coastal southwestern Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and southern Oman
  • Prinia lepida: southeastern Turkey (possibly into adjacent parts of Syria), Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, northern Oman, through southern Iran, southern Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, and southern Nepal to Bangladesh and northeastern India
  • Prinia lepida lepida: northeastern Syria, Iraq, and southwestern Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India
  • Prinia lepida akyildizi: coastal southern Türkiye (Antalya to Adana)
  • Prinia gracilis hufufae: eastern Saudi Arabia (Hufuf Oasis) and Bahrain
  • Prinia lepida carpenteri: northern Oman
  • Prinia lepida stevensi: southern Nepal to northeastern India (Assam and Arunachal Pradesh)
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Graceful or Delicate Prinia
Bulgarian:
Африканска / Азиатска изящна приния
Danish:
Yndefuld Prinia/Delikat Prinia
German:
Streifen-/Orientprinie
Spanish:
Prinia Grácil/Delicada
Spanish (Spain):
Prinia grácil/delicada
Finnish:
priinia/siropriinia
French:
Prinia gracile ou P. délicate
Hebrew:
פשוש/פשוש מזרחי
Hungarian:
Karcsú/Csinos prínia
Dutch:
(Westelijke/Oostelijke) gestreepte prinia
Norwegian:
alveprinia/yndeprinia
Polish:
prinia zwyczajna/skromna
Portuguese (Portugal):
prínia-elegante/prínia-delicada
Slovak:
prinia tamarišková/pôvabná
Serbian:
Egipatska prinija/obična prinija
Swedish:
nil-/dvärgprinia
Turkish:
Dik Kuyruklu/Asya Dik Kuyruklu Ötleğeni
Ukrainian:
Принія афро-азійська/східна

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Graceful or Delicate Prinia ( Prinia [gracilis or lepida])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Graceful or Delicate Prinia ( Prinia [gracilis or lepida])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Graceful or Delicate Prinia ( Prinia [gracilis or lepida])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Graceful or Delicate Prinia ( Prinia [gracilis or lepida])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Prinia gracile ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Prinia gracile ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2015:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2016:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2017:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2018:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2019:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
eBird version 1.50:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Graceful/Delicate Prinia ( Prinia gracilis/lepida)
eBird version 2022:
Graceful/Delicate Prinia ( Prinia gracilis/lepida)
eBird version 2023:
Graceful/Delicate Prinia ( Prinia gracilis/lepida)
eBird version 2024:
Graceful/Delicate Prinia ( Prinia gracilis/lepida)
eBird version 2025:
Graceful/Delicate Prinia ( Prinia gracilis/lepida)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Graceful Warbler ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 2]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Prinia gracilis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Prinia gracilis [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Prinia gracilis [version 2]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Prinia gracilis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Prinia gracilis [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Arabic: التٌمَّرة, الطنيفة, هازجة رشيقة, هازجة طويلة الذنب
Bulgarian: Африканска / Азиатска изящна приния, Изящна приния, Обикновена приния
Bengali: সুন্দরী প্রিনা
Catalan: prínia gràcil
Czech: prinie obecná, Prinie puvabná
Welsh: Prinia gosgeiddig
Danish: Yndefuld Prinia, Yndefuld Prinia/Delikat Prinia, Yndefuld Sanger
German: Streifen-/Orientprinie, Streifenprinie, Streifen-Prinie
Greek: Ερημομουγιούδι, Πρίνια
Greek (Cypriot): Ερημομουγιούδι
English: Fulvous-streaked Prinia, Graceful or Delicate Prinia, Graceful Prinia, Graceful Warbler, Graceful/Delicate Prinia, Streaked Prinia, Streaked Wren Warbler, Streaked Wren-Warbler, Stripe-backed Longtail, Stripe-backed Prinia, Striped-backed Prinia
English (Avilist): Graceful/Delicate Prinia
English, HBW: Graceful Prinia, Graceful/Delicate Prinia
English (IOC): Graceful Prinia, Graceful/Delicate Prinia
English (United States): Graceful Prinia, Graceful/Delicate Prinia
Esperanto: Gracia prinio
Spanish: Alzacola Grácil, Buitrón elegante, Prinia Grácil, Prinia Grácil/Delicada, Prinia Graciosa
Spanish (Spain): Prinia Grácil, Prinia grácil/delicada
Spanish (HBW): Prinia grácil
Estonian: leet-puhmalind
Persian: سسک شکیل , سسک شکیل (دم‌دراز)
Finnish: Hietatuhkakerttu, priinia, priinia/siropriinia
French: Fauvette-roitelet striée, Prinia gracile, Prinia gracile ou P. délicate
French (Guyane): Prinia gracile ou P. délicate
Frisian: Streekte prinia
Irish: Ceolaire caoin
Galician: Prinia grácil
Hebrew: פשוש, פשוש/פשוש מזרחי
Croatian: Dražesna prinija, Dugorepa grmušarka
Hungarian: Karcsú prinia, karcsú prínia, Karcsú/Csinos prínia
Icelandic: Rindilsöngvari
Italian: Prinia gracile
Japanese (romaji): sesujihauchiwadori
Japanese: セスジハウチワドリ
Scientific: Prinia [gracilis or lepida], Prinia gracilis, Prinia gracilis gracilis, Prinia gracilis/lepida, S[ylvia] gracilis, Sylvia gracilis
Lithuanian: Grakščioji prinija
Latvian: Pelēkais ceplīšķauķis, slaidais ceplīšķauķis
Macedonian: Долгоопашеста принија
Nepali: का“से घा“सेफिस्टो
Dutch: (Westelijke/Oostelijke) gestreepte prinia, Gestreepte prinia
Norwegian Nynorsk: Alveprinia
Norwegian: Alveprinia, alveprinia/yndeprinia, Stripeprinia
Polish: prinia, prinia (zwyczajna), prinia zwyczajna, prinia zwyczajna/skromna
Portuguese: Fuinha-elegante
Portuguese (Portugal): Fuinha-elegante, prínia-elegante/prínia-delicada
Rhaeto-Romance: Prinia gracila
Romanian: Prinia graţioasă
Russian: Изящная приния
Northern Sami: Stáhpepriinia, Stáhpeprinia
Slovak: prinia tamarišková, prinia tamarišková/pôvabná
Slovenian: prelestna prinija
Serbian: Dugorepa grmušarka, Egipatska prinija/obična prinija, Obična prinija
Swedish: nil-/dvärgprinia, Streckad prinia, streckig prinia
Turkish: dik kuyruklu ötleğen, Dik Kuyruklu/Asya Dik Kuyruklu Ötleğeni, Dikkuyruklu Ötleğen, Dikkuyruklu Ötleşen
Ukrainian: Принія афро-азійська, Принія афро-азійська/східна
Chinese: 优雅山鹪莺
Chinese (Traditional): 優雅鷦鶯

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