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Banded prinia

Prinia bairdii (Cassin, 1855)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The banded prinia (Prinia bairdii) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 12.8 g to 13.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the banded prinia

Weight
12.8 g – 13.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the banded prinia live?

Not recorded

What is the banded prinia?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The banded prinia (Prinia bairdii) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Banded prinia” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banded_prinia&oldid=1379673856), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the banded prinia endangered?

The banded prinia is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the banded prinia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusPrinia
  7. SpeciesPrinia bairdii (Cassin, 1855)

Synonyms Drymoica bairdii

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • BAPREnglish
  • prínia esparverencaCatalan
  • prinie proužkovanáCzech
  • prinia rhesogWelsh
  • ZebrapriniaDanish
  • ZebraprinieGerman
  • Zebra-PrinieGerman
  • benda prinioEsperanto
  • Prinia barradaSpanish
  • raitapriiniaFinnish
  • Prinia rayéeFrench
  • prugasta prinijaCroatian
  • Prinia fasciataItalian
  • ヨコジマハウチワドリJapanese
  • zebrinė prinijaLithuanian
  • haukpriniaNorwegian Bokmål
  • vesthaukpriniaNorwegian
  • prinia prążkowanaPolish
  • prínia-barradaPortuguese
  • prínia-riscadaPortuguese
  • Зебровая принияRussian
  • prinia jarabáSlovak
  • Crnolika prinijaSerbian
  • Magamaga MiliaSwahili
  • Yazılı PrinyaTurkish
  • принія зеброваUkrainian
  • 橫斑鷦鶯Chinese
  • 横斑山鹪莺Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the banded prinia

Other species in the same genus Prinia.

LC, Least Concern
Ashy prinia (Prinia socialis)

Ashy prinia

Prinia socialis

Cisticolidae

CompareBanded prinia vs Plain priniaBanded prinia vs Ashy priniaBanded prinia vs Yellow-bellied priniaBanded prinia vs Graceful prinia

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the banded prinia?

An adult banded prinia weighs 12.8 g – 13.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the banded prinia endangered?

The banded prinia is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the banded prinia?

The banded prinia (Prinia bairdii) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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@misc{banded_prinia_2026,
  title = {Banded prinia (Prinia bairdii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/banded-prinia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}