Himalayan Prinia
Prinia crinigera(Hodgson, BH, 1836)
English (US) Himalayan Prinia
The Himalayan Prinia (Prinia crinigera) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Prinia crinigera
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Himalayan Prinia
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Prinia crinigera striatula
- Prinia crinigera crinigera
- Prinia crinigera yunnanensis
- Prinia crinigera bangsi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pomatorhinus (Prinia or Suya) criniger
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
- Type locality
- Nepal.
- Original description
- Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.183
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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