The Annam prinia (Prinia rocki) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It and the Burmese prinia (P. cooki) were formerly lumped with Deignan's prinia (P. polychroa) as the brown prinia.[1][2]

Annam prinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Prinia
Species:
P. rocki
Binomial name
Prinia rocki
Deignan, 1957

It is found in the Đà Lạt Plateau of the Annamite Mountains in a small portion of southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia. It is monotypic and has no known subspecies. It was split from P. cooki and P. polychroa following a phylogenetic study published in 2019.[1][2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Alström, Per; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Sangster, George; Dalvi, Shashank; Round, Philip D.; Zhang, Ruying; Yao, Cheng-Te; Irestedt, Martin; Manh, Hung Le (2019). "Multiple species within the Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera-Brown Prinia P. polychroa complex revealed through an integrative taxonomic approach". Ibis. 162 (3): 936–967. doi:10.1111/ibi.12759. ISSN 1474-919X.
  2. ^ a b "Brown Prinia (Prinia polychroa)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas, allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 February 2020.