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Prinia hodgsonii · Family Cisticolidae

Prinia hodgsonii

Family Cisticolidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
GBIF occurrence records
188,204
Countries and territories with records
12
Grey-breasted Prinia
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About this species

This species has 188,204 occurrence records from 12 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (87.5%), Thailand (5.5%), Sri Lanka (1.8%) and Nepal (1.6%); together they account for 96.4% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.27% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Prinia hodgsonii combines the genus name Prinia with the species epithet hodgsonii. 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 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cisticola juncidis. Its record count is 3.9 times the family average (48,797). The family Cisticolidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Cisticolidae

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