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Grey-breasted Prinia

Prinia hodgsonii Blyth, E 1844

The grey-breasted prinia or Franklin's prinia is a wren-warbler belonging to the family of small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. This prinia is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and southeast Asia. Like other prinias, it often holds the tail upright but it is easily told by a smoky grey band across the breast which contrasts with a white throat. The beak is all black while the legs are pink. The tail is graduated as in other prinias and the grey feathers are tipped in white. In the breeding plumage the upperparts are grey while non-breeding birds are pale above with rufous wings and a weak supercilium. It is found in scrub, forest clearings and other open but well vegetated habitats. It can be confused with the rufescent prinia. Source: Wikipedia




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


Original description

Citation:
  Blyth, E 1844

Reference:
   J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 13 p.376

Protonym:
  Pr[inia] Hodgsonii

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123800#page/566/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C29B19D700664CEB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C29B19D7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C29B19D7


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562442

Geographic range:

  • Prinia hodgsonii hodgsonii: India to western Myanmar
  • Prinia hodgsonii rufula: Kashmir to Assam, southwestern China (northwestern Yunnan), and northern Myanmar
  • Prinia hodgsonii albogularis: southwestern peninsular India (Eastern Ghats to southern Mysore and Kerala)
  • Prinia hodgsonii erro: eastern Myanmar (Shan States) to Thailand and southern Indochina
  • Prinia hodgsonii confusa: southern China (southern Sichuan and western Yunnan) to northeastern Laos and northern Vietnam
  • Prinia hodgsonii pectoralis: Sri Lanka
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English:
Grey-breasted Prinia
Catalan:
prínia de Hodgson
Czech:
prinie šedoprsá
Danish:
Gråbrystet Prinia
German:
Graubrustprinie
Spanish:
Prinia de Hodgson
Spanish (Spain):
Prinia de Hodgson
Finnish:
savupriinia
French:
Prinia de Hodgson
Croatian:
sivoprsa prinija
Italian:
Prinia pettogrigio
Japanese (romaji):
haimunehauchiwadori
Japanese:
ハイムネハウチワドリ
Lithuanian:
Hodžsono prinija
Dutch:
Grijsborstprinia
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gråbrystprinia
Norwegian:
Gråbrystprinia
Polish:
prinia śniada
Portuguese:
prínia-de-peito-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal):
prínia-de-peito-cinzento
Russian:
Пепельная приния
Slovak:
prinia sivoprsá
Serbian:
Sivogruda prinija
Swedish:
gråbröstad prinia
Ukrainian:
Принія попеляста
Chinese:
灰胸山鹪莺
Chinese (Traditional):
灰胸鷦鶯


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Grey-breasted Prinia ( Prinia hodgsonii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Grey-breasted Prinia ( Prinia hodgsonii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Grey-breasted Prinia ( Prinia hodgsonii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Grey-breasted Prinia ( Prinia hodgsonii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Grey-breasted Prinia ( Prinia hodgsonii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Species status: full species

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Bengali: মেটেবুক প্রিনা
Catalan: prínia de Hodgson
Czech: Prinie Franklinova, prinie šedoprsá
Danish: Gråbrystet Prinia
German: Graubrustprinie, Graubrust-Prinie
English: Franklin's Prinia, Franklin's Wren Warbler, Franklin's Wren-Warbler, Gray breasted Prinia, Gray-breasted Prinia, Grey breasted Prinia, Grey-breasted hill prinia, Grey-breasted Prinia, Hodgson's Prinia
English, HBW: Grey-breasted Prinia
English (IOC): Grey-breasted Prinia
English (United States): Gray-breasted Prinia
Esperanto: Grizbrusta prinio
Spanish: Prinia de Franklin, Prinia de Hodgson
Spanish (Spain): Prinia de Hodgson
Spanish (HBW): Gray-breasted Prinia
Finnish: savupriinia, Savutuhkakerttu
French: Fauvette-roitelet à poitrine grise, Prinia de Hodgson
Croatian: sivoprsa prinija
Italian: Prinia pettogrigio
Japanese (romaji): hai-iro-mune ha-uchiwa-dori, haimunehauchiwadori
Japanese: ハイイロムネハウチワドリ, ハイムネハウチワドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 灰色胸羽団扇鳥
Scientific: Pr [inia]. Hodgsonii, Prinia hodgsoni, Prinia hodgsonii, Prinia hodgsonii hodgsonii
Lithuanian: Hodžsono prinija
Malayalam: താലിക്കുരുവി, താലിക്കുരുവി 
Marathi: राखी छातीचा वटवट्या
Nepali: फुस्रोछाती घा“से फिस्टो
Dutch: Grijsborstprinia
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gråbrystprinia
Norwegian: Gråbrystprinia
Polish: prinia sniada, prinia śniada
Pinyin: huī-xiōng jiāo-yīng, huī-xiōng shān-jiāo-yīng
Portuguese: prínia-de-peito-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal): prínia-de-peito-cinzento
Russian: Пепельная приния
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Laya-alu Priniya
Slovak: prinia sivoprsá
Serbian: Sivogruda prinija
Swedish: Gråbröstad prinia
Tamil: Velir Sambal Kadhirkuruvi
Thai: นกกระจิบหญ้าอกเทา
Thai (Transliteration): nók krà-cìp yâa òk-tʰaw
Turkish: Hodgson prinyası
Ukrainian: Принія попеляста
Vietnamese: Chiền chiện lưng xám, Chim Chiền chiện lưng xám, Chim Chiền chiện ngực xám
Chinese: 灰胸山鹪莺, 灰胸鹪莺
Chinese (Traditional): 灰胸山鷦鶯, 灰胸鷦鶯

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