Prinia gracilis (Graceful Prinia)

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Graceful Prinia

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

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229282

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
F88857903FED0C26

Avibase ID:
avibase-F8885790

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F8885790

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562441

Geographic range:

Prinia gracilis [gracilis or palestinae]: Nile Valley from northern Egypt south 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: N Egypt (Wadi el Natrun)
Prinia gracilis deltae: Egypt (Nile Delta) to Sinai and w Israel
Prinia gracilis yemenensis: coastal southwestern Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and southern Oman
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Graceful Prinia
Czech:
prinie obecná
Danish:
Yndefuld Prinia
German:
Streifenprinie
Spanish:
Prinia Grácil
Spanish (Spain):
Prinia grácil
French:
Prinia gracile
Icelandic:
Rindilsöngvari
Norwegian:
alveprinia
Russian:
Изящная приния
Slovak:
prinia tamarišková
Serbian:
Egipatska prinija
Swedish:
streckig prinia

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis)
Clements, version 2021: Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Graceful Prinia ( Prinia gracilis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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