Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens)

Other Names (World)
Rufescent Prinia, Dark-crowned Prinia, Lesser Brown Prinia, Rufous Prinia, Rufous Wren-warbler, Beavan's Wren-warbler (beavani)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
10 - 12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Blyth, 1847

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From the lowlands to 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (113)...)

Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens) [XC26271]
by Greg Irving from Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (song)

Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens) [XC639532]
by Greg Irving from Kuala Trenggan, Malaysia (call)

Subspecies
Most closely related to Grey-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii), which shares its habit of sewing nest into leaves, but the two are vocally and morphologically quite distinct. True differences between subspecies confused by seasonal variation. Taxonomic revision is required.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

rufescens Blyth, 1847 - Eastern and north-eastern India (from Sikkim and adjacent north-western Bengal east to Arunachal Pradesh, and from Meghalaya east to Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram. Also Simlipal Hills, in north-eastern Orissa), Bhutan, central and eastern Bangladesh, southern China (south-eastern Xizang, western and southern Yunnan) and north, western and central Myanmar.
beavani Walden, 1867 - South-eastern Myanmar and Thailand (except south-eastern and peninsula) east to northern and central Laos and northern Vietnam (Tonkin).
peninsularis Deignan, 1942 - Extreme southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim) and southern Thailand.
extrema Deignan, 1942 - Extreme southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
objurgans Deignan, 1942 - South-eastern Thailand and southern Cambodia.
dalatensis (Riley, 1940) - South-central and southern Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens) - 10 files

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