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Deignan's prinia

Prinia polychroa

Coenraad Jacob Temminck, 1828

In Thai: นกกระจิบหญ้าสีน้ำตาล

Deignan's prinia (Prinia polychroa) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. The Burmese prinia (P. cooki) and the Annam prinia (P. rocki) were formerly lumped with this species as the brown prinia.

It is found in mainland Southeast Asia, namely in most of Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, as well as on the Indonesian island of Java. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. Populations in Myanmar, far western Thailand, far western Laos, and southern China are now considered to belong to P. cooki, while populations in the Đà Lạt Plateau of Vietnam and far eastern Cambodia are now considered to belong P. rocki.

There are two known subspecies: P. p. deignani, which is found in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, and P. p. polychroa, which is restricted to Java. P. p. deignani was formerly considered an eastern population of P. p. cooki (when it was considered a subspecies) until the 2019 study, which split the Burmese and south Chinese populations as P. cooki while reclassifying the Thai, Laotian, and Cambodian populations into a new subspecies, P. p. deignani. P. crinigera bangsi, now considered a subspecies of the Himalayan prinia (P. crinigera), was also formerly considered another south Chinese subspecies of P. polychroa (P. p. bangsi) until the 2019 study.

It was named after the American ornithologist Herbert Girton Deignan.

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Category / Seasonal Status

BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years

BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident

Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
Genus
Prinia
Species
Prinia polychroa

Common names

  • Thai: นกกระจิบหญ้าสีน้ำตาล

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)

Near Threatened (ONEP)

Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)

Near Threatened (BCST)

- NT; owing to scarcity caused by habitat loss -

Photos

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Range Map

Distribution map of Deignan's prinia, Prinia polychroa in Thailand
  • Doi Inthanon National Park
  • Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
  • Khao Yai National Park
  • Mae Ping National Park
  • Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai
  • Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai
  • Mueang Kamphaeng Phet District, Kamphaeng Phet
  • Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District, Nakhon Ratchasima
  • Mueang Tak District, Tak
  • Nam Nao National Park
  • Namtok Pha Charoen National Park
  • Nong Bong Khai Non-Hunting Area
  • Pa Sang District, Lamphun
  • Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Sakaerat Environmental Research Station
  • San Sai District, Chiang Mai
  • Ta Phraya National Park
  • Thap Lan National Park
  • Thung Salaeng Luang National Park
Range map of Prinia polychroa in Thailand