Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore (B), Taiwan (China), 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).
Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris) [XC350587]
by Greg Irving from Kuala Selangor, Selangor., Malaysia (song)
Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris) [XC791635]
by Sandip das from North 24 Parganas (near Karana Madhabpur), Presidency Division, West Bengal, India (call)
Subspecies
Subspecies form two groups, eastern group (sonitans, latrunculus) having brownish upperparts and pale buffish lower underparts, and western and southern group (other races), with these areas respectively greenish and yellow.
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:
sindiana Ticehurst, 1920 - Pakistan (R Indus drainage eastern from Bannu, in NWFP, and south to Sind) and adjacent north-western India (Punjab, Delhi and Haryana).
flaviventris (Delessert, 1840) - Patchily through terai of northern Indian Subcontinent from northern India (Uttaranchal Pradesh) east to Arunachal Pradesh and western and northern Myanmar.
delacouri Deignan, 1942 - Eastern and southern Myanmar, southern China (southern Yunnan), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
rafflesi Tweeddale, 1877 - Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and western and central Java.
halistona (Oberholser, 1912) - Nias I, off western Sumatra.
sonitans Swinhoe, 1860 - North-eastern Vietnam (Tonkin), southern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan) and Taiwan. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Chinese Prinia (Prinia sonitans).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet