• Synonyms Greater brown wren warbler, Brown Wren Warbler, Tawny Wren Warbler, Plain-coloured Prinia, Tawny Prinia, Plain-colored Prinia, Greater brown hill prinia, Plain Wren-Warbler
  • Old latin name for bird Motacilla subflava, Prinia subflava

Plain Priniabird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song and call, © Peter Boesman
    India
  • 2.
    Song, © John Allcock
    China
  • 3.
    Song, © Masato Nagai (Japan)
    China
  • 4.
    Song, © Mike Nelson
    Sri Lanka
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Plain Prinia

  • Breeding region Oriental Region
  • Breeding subregion ne Afghanistan to e China and Vietnam; disjunctly Java

Plain Prinia subspecies (10)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Prinia inornata blanfordin, c, e Myanmar, nw Thailand and w Yunnan (s China)-No
Prinia inornata blythiJava-No
Prinia inornata extensicaudan, e Yunnan (s China) to e China, n Indochina-No
Prinia inornata flavirostrisTaiwan-No
Prinia inornata frankliniisw India-No
Prinia inornata fuscaNepal and ne India to sw Myanmar-No
Prinia inornata herbertis Myanmar to c, s Indochina-No
Prinia inornata inornatac, se India-No
Prinia inornata insularisSri Lanka-No
Prinia inornata terricolore Afghanistan and Pakistan to n India and sw Nepal-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Bengaliনিরল প্রিনা
Catalanprínia senzilla
Chinese纯色山鹪莺(褐头鹪莺), 纯色山鹪莺, 纯色鹪莺, 褐頭鷦鶯, 褐头鹪莺
Chinese (Traditional)純色山鷦鶯, 褐頭鷦鶯
Croatianmala prinija
Czechprinie mokřadní
DanishOrientprinia
DutchWitteugelprinia
EsperantoSenmarka prinio
Finnishintiantuhkapriinia
FrenchFauvette-roitelet simple, Prinia simple
GalicianPrinia lisa
GermanSchlichtprinie, Rahmbrustprinie, Braunkopfprinie, Flachlandprinie
IndonesianBurung Perenjak Padi, Perenjak sisi merah, Perenjak padi
IrishCeolaire pléineáilte
ItalianPrinia disadorna
Japaneseアジアマミハウチワドリ, マミハウチワドリ
Latvianpelēkais ceplīšķauķis
Lithuanianpaprastoji prinija
Malayalamവയൽക്കുരുവി
Marathiगवती वटवट्या
Mongolianхүрэн толгойт уралдай
Nepaliझा“क्री घा“सेफिस्टो
Norwegianorientprinia
Norwegian NynorskOrientprinia
Polishprinia płowa, prinia plowa
PortugueseFuinha-simples, prínia-simples
RussianБуроголовая приния
SerbianJednobojna prinija
Slovakprinia plavá
SpanishPrinia sencilla
Swedishorientprinia
TamilKadhirkuruvi
Thaiนกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ
TurkishOva prinyası, Akça Prinya
Ukrainianпринія вохристобока
VietnameseChim Chiền chiện bụng hung, Chiền chiện bụng hung