Grey-crowned prinia
Prinia cinereocapilla Moore, 1854
The grey-crowned prinia (Prinia cinereocapilla) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 7.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.
Quick facts about the grey-crowned prinia
- Weight
- 7.3 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- woodlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the grey-crowned prinia live?
Not recorded
What is the grey-crowned prinia?
The grey-crowned prinia (Prinia cinereocapilla) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Bhutan, northern India and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and arable land.It is threatened by habitat loss, including forest fires.
The grey-crowned prinia is 11 cm long and weighs 6–8·5 g. A small, neatly proportioned and relatively short-tailed prinia with small and slim bill. In fresh plumage has rufous forehead. During the breeding season, it has blue-gray ear-coverts, and no supercilium. It can be difficult to distinguish from other prinia.
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Is the grey-crowned prinia endangered?
The grey-crowned prinia is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.
How is the grey-crowned prinia classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCisticolidae
- genusPrinia
- SpeciesPrinia cinereocapilla Moore, 1854
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- Gray-crowned priniaEnglish
- Grey-capped priniaEnglish
- Grey-capped priniaEnglish
- prínia de capell grisCatalan
- prinie šedočapkováCzech
- prinia penllwydWelsh
- Askekronet PriniaDanish
- GraukopfprinieGerman
- grizkrona prinioEsperanto
- Prinia coronigrísSpanish
- سسکک کاکلخاکستریPersian
- sinilakkipriiniaFinnish
- Prinia à calotte griseFrench
- sivokapa prinijaCroatian
- szürkefejű príniaHungarian
- Prinia capogrigioItalian
- ハイガシラハウチワドリJapanese
- pilkavainikė prinijaLithuanian
- घेघरी घाँसेफिस्टोNepali
- GrijskoppriniaDutch
- gråkronepriniaNorwegian
- prinia siwogłowaPolish
- prínia-de-coroa-cinzentaPortuguese
- prínia-de-barrete-cinzentoPortuguese
- Сероголовая принияRussian
- prinia sivohlaváSlovak
- Sivoglava prinijaSerbian
- gråkronad priniaSwedish
- Gri Başlıklı PrinyaTurkish
- принія сіроголоваUkrainian
- 霍氏山鹪莺Chinese
- 灰冠長尾鷦鶯Chinese
Relatives of the grey-crowned prinia
Other species in the same genus Prinia.
Plain prinia
Prinia inornata
Ashy prinia
Prinia socialis
Yellow-bellied prinia
Prinia flaviventris
Graceful prinia
Prinia gracilis
Grey-breasted prinia
Prinia hodgsonii
Brown prinia
Prinia polychroa
CompareGrey-crowned prinia vs Plain priniaGrey-crowned prinia vs Ashy priniaGrey-crowned prinia vs Yellow-bellied priniaGrey-crowned prinia vs Graceful prinia
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the grey-crowned prinia?
An adult grey-crowned prinia weighs 7.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the grey-crowned prinia endangered?
The grey-crowned prinia is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the grey-crowned prinia?
The grey-crowned prinia (Prinia cinereocapilla) 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.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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