Grey-crowned Prinia
Prinia cinereocapilla Moore, 1854
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The grey-crowned prinia (Prinia cinereocapilla) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Bhutan, northern India and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and arable land.It is threatened by habitat loss, including forest fires.
The grey-crowned prinia is 11 cm long and weighs 6–8·5 g. A small, neatly proportioned and relatively short-tailed prinia with small and slim bill. In fresh plumage has rufous forehead. During the breeding season, it has blue-gray ear-coverts, and no supercilium. It can be difficult to distinguish from other prinia.
Wikipedia contributors, Grey-crowned prinia; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:37:50.991551+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Prinia cinereocapilla Moore, 1854
- Name authority
- Moore, 1854
- Common name
- Grey-crowned Prinia
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Genus
- Prinia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCisticolidae Sundevall, 1872
- genusPrinia Horsfield, 1821
- speciesPrinia cinereocapilla Moore, 1854
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Prinia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Prinia crinigera Hodgson, 1836 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans (Vieillot, 1821) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris (Delessert, 1840) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis (Lichtenstein, 1823) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii Blyth, 1844 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain PriniaPrinia inornata Sykes, 1832 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa (Boddaert, 1783) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-faced PriniaPrinia melanops (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescens Blyth, 1847 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava (Gmelin, 1789) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvatica Jerdon, 1840 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sao Tome PriniaPrinia molleri Bocage, 1887 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562435 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4MDWD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.