Prinia cooki (Burmese Prinia)

Burmese Prinia

Prinia cooki (Harington, HH 1913)

The Burmese prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It and the Annam prinia were formerly lumped with Deignan's prinia as the brown prinia. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cisticolidae
Genus:
   Prinia
Scientific:
  Prinia cooki

Original description

Citation:
(Harington, HH 1913)

Reference:
Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 31 p.109

Protonym:
Suya crinigera cooki

Type locality:
Thayetmyo, Rega district, Burma.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/177775#page/137/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
DCC58CA107D2226D

Avibase ID:
avibase-DCC58CA1

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DCC58CA1

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 923680

English:
Burmese Prinia
Catalan:
prínia de Myanmar
Danish:
Indokinesisk Prinia
German:
Burmaprinie
Esperanto:
birma prinio
Spanish:
Prinia de Birmania
Spanish (Spain):
Prinia de Birmania
French:
Prinia de Cook
Japanese:
ビルマハウチワドリ
Dutch:
Birmese Prinia
Norwegian:
burmaprinia
Polish:
prinia mozaikowa
Portuguese:
prínia-birmanesa
Portuguese (Portugal):
prínia-birmanesa
Russian:
Бирманская приния
Slovak:
prinia suja
Serbian:
Burmanska prinija
Swedish:
burmaprinia
Ukrainian:
принія бірманська
Chinese:
缅甸山鹪莺

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown Prinia (cooki) ( Prinia polychroa cooki)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Burmese Prinia ( Prinia cooki) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Prinia [polychroa, cooki, rocki, crinigera or striata] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2 3

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Other related concepts

Prinia [cooki or polychroa] (taxon group)

Other synonyms