Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)

Jungle Prinia (Prinia sylvatica) - HBW 11, p. 433

French: Prinia forestière German: Dschungelprinie Spanish: Prinia Selvática
Other common names: White-tailed Prinia, Large Prinia/Wren-warbler, Jungle Wren-warbler

Taxonomy: Prinia sylvatica Jerdon, 1840, Seegore Ghat, Nilgiri Hills, south India.
N race gangetica intergrades with nominate in C India. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

gangetica (Blyth, 1867) - N India (W Himachal Pradesh S to C Rajasthan and C Madhya Pradesh, E to W Bengal) and SW Nepal.
insignis (Hume, 1872) - NW India (Gujarat and S Rajasthan E to Bhopal, in W Madhya Pradesh).
sylvatica Jerdon, 1840 - C & S India (S from S Bombay, Maharashtra and C Madyha Pradesh).

See all 5 subspecies

gangetica (Blyth, 1867) - N India (W Himachal Pradesh S to C Rajasthan and C Madhya Pradesh, E to W Bengal) and SW Nepal.
insignis (Hume, 1872) - NW India (Gujarat and S Rajasthan E to Bhopal, in W Madhya Pradesh).
sylvatica Jerdon, 1840 - C & S India (S from S Bombay, Maharashtra and C Madyha Pradesh).
mahendrae Koelz, 1939 - Mahendra Giri (Orissa), in E India.
valida (Blyth, 1851) - Sri Lanka.