Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens) - HBW 11, p. 431
French: Prinia roussâtre
German: Rostprinie
Spanish: Prinia Rojiza
Other common names: Dark-crowned/Lesser Brown Prinia, Rufous Prinia/Wren-warbler; Beavan’s Wren-warbler (beavani)
Taxonomy: Pr[inia]. rufescens Blyth, 1847, Arakan, Myanmar.
Most closely related to P. hodgsonii, which shares its habit of sewing nest into leaves, but the two are vocally and morphologically quite distinct. True differences between races confused by seasonal variation; taxonomic revision required. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufescens Blyth, 1847 - E & NE India (from Sikkim and adjacent NW Bengal E to Arunachal Pradesh, and from Meghalaya E to Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram; also Simlipal Hills, in NE Orissa), Bhutan, C & E Bangladesh, S China (SE Xizang, W & S Yunnan) and N, W & C Myanmar.
- beavani Walden, 1867 - SE Myanmar and Thailand (except SE and peninsula) E to N & C Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin).
- peninsularis Deignan, 1942 - extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim) and S Thailand.
- rufescens Blyth, 1847 - E & NE India (from Sikkim and adjacent NW Bengal E to Arunachal Pradesh, and from Meghalaya E to Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram; also Simlipal Hills, in NE Orissa), Bhutan, C & E Bangladesh, S China (SE Xizang, W & S Yunnan) and N, W & C Myanmar.
- beavani Walden, 1867 - SE Myanmar and Thailand (except SE and peninsula) E to N & C Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin).
- peninsularis Deignan, 1942 - extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim) and S Thailand.
- extrema Deignan, 1942 - extreme S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
- objurgans Deignan, 1942 - SE Thailand and S Cambodia.
- dalatensis (Riley, 1940) - SC & S Vietnam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in vegetation, changing the perch and flying away (then at 30% speed). Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp objurgans)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 37 weeks ago 28 sec 3.4 -
A bird comming out of the dense vegetation. Locality Doi Chiang Dao National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp beavani)
Yoel Jimenez 3 December 2010 1 year ago 6 sec 3
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Bird feeding in the bush.
Locality Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp extrema)
Christophe Gouraud 4 December 2009 2 years ago 2
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2 birds singing complicated clicking song Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
(ssp beavani)
dreyernp 7 January 2010 2 years ago 4
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