Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Prinia
Striped Prinia
Prinia striata · 山鹪莺
Introduction
A species in the family Cisticolidae, formerly lumped with the Himalayan prinia but split following a 2019 study. It is distributed throughout mainland China and Taiwan.
Distribution & Habitat
Distributed throughout mainland China and Taiwan. Sympatric with P. crinigera in the Yunnan Province of China. Three known subspecies: P. s. catharia ranges from northeast India through Myanmar to south-central China; P. s. parumstriata is distributed throughout southeast and central China; P. s. striata is restricted to Taiwan.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Genus
- Prinia
Subspecies (3)
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Prinia striata catharia
southern China (Sichuan, southern Shaanxi, and eastern Yunnan eastward to Hunan and northern Guangdong)
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
