Rufescent prinia

The rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent (mainly in the northeast) and southern Yunnan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.

Subspecies

There are currently six recognised subspecies.^[2]

P. r. rufescens, the nominate subspecies, which occurs in east and northeast India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, south China and Myanmar.
P. r. beavani, which occurs in southeast Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and north Vietnam.
P. r. peninsularis, which occurs in south Myanmar and south Thailand.
P. r. objurgans, which occurs in southeast Thailand and Cambodia.
P. r. extrema, which occurs in south Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
P. r. dalatensis, which occurs in south Vietnam and can be distinguished by the lack of a white loral stripe.^[3]

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Prinia rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713584A94381160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713584A94381160.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ "Rufescent Prinia". Birds of the World. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
^ Novozhilov, Yuri K.; Shchepin, Oleg N.; Schnittler, Martin; Dagamac, Nikki H. A.; Alexandrova, Alina V.; Popov, Eugene S.; Kuznetsov, Andrei N. (2020-03-13). "Myxomycetes associated with mountain tropical forests of Bidoup Nui Ba and Chu Yang Sin national parks (Dalat Plateau, southern Vietnam)". Nova Hedwigia. 110 (1–2): 185–224. doi:10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2019/0560. ISSN 0029-5035.

This Cisticolidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.