Delicate prinia

Delicate prinia
In Sarıçam, Turkey
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Prinia
Species:
P. lepida
Binomial name
Prinia lepida
Blyth, 1844

The delicate prinia (Prinia lepida) is a small warbler. This prinia is a resident breeder in southern Asia, from Turkey to North India.

There are 5 subspecies, of which P. g. akyildizi, of southern Turkey is the darkest, brownest, and most heavily streaked above, and has the brightest buff flanks.

Taxonomy

A study published in 2021[1] concludes that the delicate prinia should be split from the graceful prinia.

  • Prinia lepida, delicate prinia, 5 subspecies:
    • Prinia lepida akyildizi, S Turkey,
    • Prinia lepida irakensis, NE Syria, Iraq, SW Iran,
    • Prinia lepida carpenteri, N Oman,
    • Prinia lepida lepida, SE Iran, S Afghanistan, Pakistan, N India, C Nepal,
    • Prinia lepida stevensi, SE Nepal, NE India, Bangladesh.

The International Ornithological Congress followed this change in an update later that year.[2]

References

  1. ^ Alström et al. Ornithology 138, 1-23, DOI:10.1093/ornitholgy/ukab014
  2. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-18.