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Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava (Gmelin, JF 1789)

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. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.982

Protonym:
  Motacilla subflava

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656477

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  63F72CA7A9412F97

Avibase ID:
  avibase-63F72CA7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/63F72CA7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562453

Geographic range:

  • Prinia subflava subflava: Senegal to western and central Ethiopia and northern Uganda
  • Prinia subflava pallescens: Mali to Sudan, northwestern Ethiopia, and western Eritrea
  • Prinia subflava melanorhyncha: Sierra Leone to Cameroon, n Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and nw Tanzania
  • Prinia subflava graueri: E Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu) to Rwanda and highlands of Angola
  • Prinia subflava affinis: E Democratic Republic of the Congo to sw Tanzania, Zambia, e Botswana and s Mozambique
  • Prinia subflava bechuanae: SW Angola to n Namibia, n Botswana, sw Zambia, w Zimbabwe
  • Prinia subflava mutatrix: S Tanzania to Malawi, e Zambia, e Zimbabwe and Mozambique
  • Prinia subflava kasokae: W Zambia (west of Zambezi River) and adjacent e Angola
  • Prinia subflava tenella: Coastal e Africa (Somalia to s Tanzania)
  • Prinia subflava pondoensis: S Mozambique to Natal, e Swaziland and e Cape Province
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Catalan:
prínia de flanc lleonat
Czech:
prinie afroasijská
Danish:
Almindelig Prinia
German:
Rahmbrustprinie
Spanish:
Prinia Modesta
Spanish (Spain):
Prinia Modesta
Finnish:
tuhkapriinia
French:
Prinia modeste
Croatian:
savanska prinija
Hungarian:
halvány prinia
Icelandic:
Erlusöngvari
Italian:
Prinia fianchifulvi
Japanese (romaji):
mamihauchiwadori
Japanese:
マミハウチワドリ
Lithuanian:
Gelsvapilvė prinija
Dutch:
Roestflankprinia
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Okerflankeprinia
Norwegian:
Okerflankeprinia
Polish:
prinia myszata
Portuguese:
Prínia-de-flancos-castanhos
Russian:
Охристобокая приния
Slovak:
prinia hnedoboká
Serbian:
Žutoboka prinija
Swedish:
ockrasidig prinia
Ukrainian:
Принія африканська
Chinese:
褐胁鹪莺
Chinese (Traditional):
褐脇鷦鶯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Prinia modeste ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Prinia modeste ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Tawny-flanked Prinia ( Prinia subflava) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Prinia subflava [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Prinia subflava [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Prinia [subflava or inornata] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Afrikaans: Bruinsylangstertje, Bruinsylangstertjie
Bulgarian: Жълта приния
Catalan: prínia de flanc lleonat
Czech: prinie afroasijská, Prinie belohrdlá, Prinie bělohrdlá
Welsh: Prinia ystlys felynaidd
Danish: Almindelig Prinia
German: Braunkopfprinie, Rahmbrustprinie, Rahmbrust-Prinie
English: Plain Wren Warbler, Tawny flanked Prinia, Tawny prinia, Tawny-flanked Longtail, Tawnyflanked Prinia, Tawny-flanked Prinia, Tawny-flanked Warbler, West African Prinia
English, HBW: Tawny-flanked Prinia
English (IOC): Tawny-flanked Prinia
English (Kenya): Tawny-flanked Prinia
English (United States): Tawny-flanked Prinia
Esperanto: Ruĝecflanka prinio
Spanish: Prinia de Dorsos Castaños, Prinia Modesta
Spanish (Spain): Prinia Modesta
Spanish (HBW): Tawny-flanked Prinia
Finnish: Tuhkakerttu, tuhkapriinia
French: Fauvette roitelet commune, Fauvette-roitelet commune, Prinia commune, Prinia modeste
Frisian: Okerflankprinia
Irish: Ceolaire slioschrón
Galician: Prinia de flancos castaños
Croatian: savanska prinija
Hungarian: halvány prinia, Halvány prínia
Indonesian: Perenjak sisi merah
Icelandic: Erlusöngvari
Italian: Prinia fianchifulvi
Japanese (romaji): mamihauchiwadori
Japanese: マミハウチワドリ
Kwangali: Harudeve
Scientific: Motacilla subflava, Prinia mistacea, Prinia subflava, Prinia subflava subflava
Lithuanian: Gelsvapilvė prinija, Rusvoji prinija
Malayalam: വയല്‍ക്കുരുവി 
Dutch: Roestflankprinia
Norwegian Nynorsk: Okerflankeprinia
Norwegian: Okerflankeprinia
Polish: prinia myszata
Portuguese: Fuinha-modesta, Prínia-de-flancos-castanhos
Portuguese (Portugal): prínia-de-flancos-castanhos
Rhaeto-Romance: Prinia modesta
Romanian: Prinia gălbuie
Russian: Коричневобокая приния, Охристобокая приния
Slovak: Prinia hnedoboká
Slovenian: Rumenkasta prinija
Shona: Timba
Serbian: Smeđoboka grmušarka, Žutoboka prinija
Swedish: Ockraflankad prinia, ockrasidig prinia, Orientprinia
Swahili: Magamaga Bawa-kahawia
Thai: นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ
Turkish: Ekru etekli prinya, Esmer böğürlü prinya
Tsonga: Matsinyani
Ukrainian: Принія африканська
Xhosa: Ungcuze
Chinese: 褐头鹪莺, 褐胁山鹪莺, 褐胁鹪莺
Chinese (Traditional): 褐脇鷦鶯

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