Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis) [XC721097]
by Barry Edmonston from Azraq Wetlands Reserve (near Azraq), Azraq Sub-District, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan (call)
Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis) [XC747029]
by Gregory Askew from Hula Valley Nature Preserve, HaZafon, Israel (song, ff)
Subspecies
Racial variation largely clinal, and often obscured by effects of plumage wear.
The following 12 subspecies are recognised:
akyildizi Watson, 1961 - Southern Turkey, possibly into north-western Syria.
palaestinae Zedlitz, 1911 - Lebanon, southern Syria, eastern Israel, Jordan and north-western Saudi Arabia.
deltae Reichenow, 1904 - Western Israel south to northern Egypt (R Nile delta).
natronensis Nicoll, 1917 - Wadi el Natron, in northern Egypt.
gracilis (Lichtenstein, 1823) - R Nile from northern Egypt (Cairo) south to central Sudan.
carlo Zedlitz, 1911 - Red Sea coast of from north-eastern Sudan south to Somalia.
yemenensis Hartert, 1909 - Western coast of Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
hufufae Ticehurst & Cheesman, 1924 - North-eastern Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
carpenteri Meyer de Schauensee & Ripley, 1953 - Coastal Oman.
irakensis Meinertzhagen, R, 1923 - Iraq and south-western Iran, possibly into north-eastern Syria.
lepida Blyth, 1844 - South-eastern Iran, southern Afganistan, Pakistan and northern India.
stevensi Hartert, 1923 - South-eastern Nepal, north-eastern India and Bangladesh.