Delicate prinia
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| image = Prinia gracilis - Graceful prinia, Adana 2016 10 28 - 6.jpg
| image_caption = In Sarıçam, Turkey
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| genus = Prinia
| species = lepida
| authority = Blyth, 1844
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The delicate prinia (Prinia lepida) is a small warbler. This prinia is a resident breeder in southern Asia, from Turkey to North India.
There are 5 subspecies, of which P. g. akyildizi, of southern Turkey is the darkest, brownest, and most heavily streaked above, and has the brightest buff flanks.
Taxonomy
A study published in 2021Alström et al. Ornithology 138, 1-23, DOI:10.1093/ornitholgy/ukab014 concludes that the delicate prinia should be split from the graceful prinia.
- Prinia lepida, delicate prinia, 5 subspecies:
- Prinia lepida akyildizi, S Turkey,
- Prinia lepida irakensis, NE Syria, Iraq, SW Iran,
- Prinia lepida carpenteri, N Oman,
- Prinia lepida lepida, SE Iran, S Afghanistan, Pakistan, N India, C Nepal,
- Prinia lepida stevensi, SE Nepal, NE India, Bangladesh.
The International Ornithological Congress followed this change in an update later that year.{{Cite web|title=Species Updates – IOC World Bird List|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/|access-date=2021-06-18|language=en-US}}