Rufous-fronted prinia
Prinia buchanani Blyth, 1844
The rufous-fronted prinia (Prinia buchanani) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 6.7 g to 7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the rufous-fronted prinia
- Weight
- 6.7 g – 7 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4.5src 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 rufous-fronted prinia live?
Not recorded
What is the rufous-fronted prinia?
The rufous-fronted prinia (Prinia buchanani) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
It is found in India and Pakistan.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.
The species was described by Edward Blyth on the basis of an illustration of the bird from Bengal in the collections of Buchanan Hamilton.
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Is the rufous-fronted prinia endangered?
The rufous-fronted prinia is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- 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 Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the rufous-fronted prinia classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCisticolidae
- genusPrinia
- SpeciesPrinia buchanani Blyth, 1844
Synonyms Franklinia cleghorniae, Prinia rufifrons
Other names and names in other languages (26)
- Prínia front-rogencaCatalan
- prínia de front rogencCatalan
- prinie rezavotemennáCzech
- prinia aelgochWelsh
- Indisk PriniaDanish
- RoststirnprinieGerman
- RotscheitelprinieGerman
- rufafrunta prinioEsperanto
- Prinia frentirrufaSpanish
- aropriiniaFinnish
- Prinia à front rouxFrench
- Prinia fronterossicciaItalian
- ズアカハウチワドリJapanese
- rusvakaktė prinijaLithuanian
- RoodkappriniaDutch
- RoodkoppriniaDutch
- rustkronepriniaNorwegian
- prinia rdzawoczelnaPolish
- prínia-de-testa-ruivaPortuguese
- Рыжелобая принияRussian
- prinia krovinováSlovak
- Riđočela prinijaSerbian
- Kızılca Alınlı PrinyaTurkish
- принія рудолобаUkrainian
- 棕額鷦鶯Chinese
- 棕额山鹪莺Chinese
Relatives of the rufous-fronted 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
CompareRufous-fronted prinia vs Plain priniaRufous-fronted prinia vs Ashy priniaRufous-fronted prinia vs Yellow-bellied priniaRufous-fronted prinia vs Graceful prinia
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the rufous-fronted prinia?
An adult rufous-fronted prinia weighs 6.7 g – 7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the rufous-fronted prinia endangered?
The rufous-fronted 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 rufous-fronted prinia?
The rufous-fronted prinia (Prinia buchanani) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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