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Graceful Prinia
Prinia gracilis · Family Cisticolidae
Prinia gracilis
Family Cisticolidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 151,419
- Countries and territories with records
- 28
About this species
This species has 151,419 occurrence records from 28 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Israel (85.8%), Palestine (5.5%), Egypt (2%), Saudi Arabia (1.9%) and Oman (1.8%); together they account for 97% of the total. In Israel, this species accounts for 2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Prinia gracilis combines the genus name Prinia with the species epithet gracilis. The Warbla app catalog lists 28 species of the genus Prinia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Prinia inornata, Prinia socialis and Prinia subflava.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 154 species of the family Cisticolidae. This species ranks 13th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cisticola juncidis. Its record count is 3.1 times the family average (48,797). The family Cisticolidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.