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Grey-breasted prinia

Prinia hodgsonii Blyth, 1844

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The grey-breasted prinia (Prinia hodgsonii) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 6 g to 6.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Grey-breasted prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
Photo: Tisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the grey-breasted prinia

Weight
6 g – 6.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
10.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2.5src for Litters or clutches a year
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 grey-breasted prinia live?

Not recorded

What is the grey-breasted prinia?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The grey-breasted prinia or Franklin's prinia (Prinia hodgsonii) is a wren-warbler belonging to the family of small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. This prinia is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and southeast Asia. Like other prinias, it often holds the tail upright but it is easily told by a smoky grey band across the breast which contrasts with a white throat. The beak is all black while the legs are pink. The tail is graduated as in other prinias and the grey feathers are tipped in white. In the breeding plumage the upperparts are grey while non-breeding birds are pale above with rufous wings and a weak supercilium. It is found in scrub, forest clearings and other open but well vegetated habitats. It can be confused with the rufescent prinia.

From the Wikipedia article “Grey-breasted prinia” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grey-breasted_prinia&oldid=1338578147), 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 grey-breasted prinia endangered?

The grey-breasted 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. What the categories mean.

How is the grey-breasted prinia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusPrinia
  7. SpeciesPrinia hodgsonii Blyth, 1844
Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • Gray-breasted priniaEnglish
  • prínia de HodgsonCatalan
  • prinie šedoprsáCzech
  • prinia bronllwydWelsh
  • Gråbrystet PriniaDanish
  • GraubrustprinieGerman
  • grizbrusta prinioEsperanto
  • savupriiniaFinnish
  • Prinia de HodgsonFrench
  • sivoprsa prinijaCroatian
  • Prinia pettogrigioItalian
  • ハイムネハウチワドリJapanese
  • Hodžsono prinijaLithuanian
  • താലിക്കുരുവിMalayalam
  • कंठेरी वटवट्याMarathi
  • GrijsborstpriniaDutch
  • gråbrystpriniaNorwegian
  • prinia śniadaPolish
  • prínia-de-peito-cinzentoPortuguese
  • Пепельная принияRussian
  • prinia sivoprsáSlovak
  • Sivogruda prinijaSerbian
  • gråbröstad priniaSwedish
  • นกกระจิบหญ้าอกเทาThai
  • Hodgson PrinyasıTurkish
  • принія попелястаUkrainian
  • 灰胸鷦鶯Chinese
  • 灰胸山鹪莺Chinese

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Relatives of the grey-breasted prinia

Other species in the same genus Prinia.

LC, Least Concern
Ashy prinia (Prinia socialis)

Ashy prinia

Prinia socialis

Cisticolidae

CompareGrey-breasted prinia vs Plain priniaGrey-breasted prinia vs Ashy priniaGrey-breasted prinia vs Yellow-bellied priniaGrey-breasted prinia vs Graceful prinia

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the grey-breasted prinia?

An adult grey-breasted prinia weighs 6 g – 6.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the grey-breasted prinia endangered?

The grey-breasted 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 grey-breasted prinia?

The grey-breasted prinia (Prinia hodgsonii) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{grey_breasted_prinia_2026,
  title = {Grey-breasted prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-breasted-prinia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}