Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)

Bar-winged Prinia (Prinia familiaris) - HBW 11, p. 433

French: Prinia bifasciée German: Sundaprinie Spanish: Prinia Alibarrada
Other common names: Bar-winged Wren-warbler

Taxonomy: Prinia familiaris Horsfield, 1821, Besuki, Java.
Birds of Sumatra and W Java have commonly been separated as race prinia, but the observed differences appear to refer to individual variation, and are not sustained when analysed over a lengthy series of samples. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Sumatra, Java and Bali.