Delicate prinia


The delicate prinia is a small warbler. This prinia is a resident breeder in United [Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern_Asia|southern Asia], from Turkey to North India.
There are 5 subspecies, of which P. g. akyildizi, of southern Turkey is the darkest, brownest, and most heavily streaked above, and has the brightest buff flanks.

Taxonomy

A study published in 2021 concludes that the delicate prinia should be split from the graceful prinia.
  • Prinia lepida, delicate prinia, 5 subspecies:
  • * Prinia lepida akyildizi, S Turkey,
  • * Prinia lepida irakensis, NE Syria, Iraq, SW Iran,
  • * Prinia lepida carpenteri, N Oman,
  • * Prinia lepida lepida, SE Iran, S Afghanistan, Pakistan, N India, C Nepal,
  • * Prinia lepida stevensi, SE Nepal, NE India, Bangladesh.
The International Ornithological Congress followed this change in an update later that year.