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Yellow-bellied Prinia

Prinia flaviventris (Delessert, 1840)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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 yellow-bellied prinia (Prinia flaviventris) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

It is found in Pakistan, the southern Himalayan foothills, the northeastern Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

Wikipedia contributors, Yellow-bellied prinia; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:51:15.185852+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Prinia flaviventris (Delessert, 1840)
Name authority
(Delessert, 1840)
Common name
Yellow-bellied 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyCisticolidae Sundevall, 1872
  11. genusPrinia Horsfield, 1821
  12. speciesPrinia flaviventris (Delessert, 1840)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Prinia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Grey-crowned PriniaPrinia cinereocapilla Moore, 1854CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Prinia crinigera Hodgson, 1836CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans (Vieillot, 1821)CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis (Lichtenstein, 1823)CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii Blyth, 1844CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata Sykes, 1832CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa (Boddaert, 1783)CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-faced PriniaPrinia melanops (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895)CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescens Blyth, 1847CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava (Gmelin, 1789)CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvatica Jerdon, 1840CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sao Tome PriniaPrinia molleri Bocage, 1887CisticolidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 120 records assigned to Cisticolidae.

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562439 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:4MDWJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.