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title: "Tawny-flanked Prinia"
description: "Prinia subflava — Birds. The tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Prinia in the family Cisticolidae, a family of Old World warblers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/tawny-flanked-prinia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tawny-flanked Prinia

> Prinia subflava — Birds. The tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava)  is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Prinia in the family Cisticolidae, a family of Old World warblers.

- Scientific name: *Prinia subflava*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 3861
- Wikidata: [Q3726284](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3726284)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7729](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7729)

## Names

- en: Tawny-flanked Prinia
- de: Rahmbrustprinie
- es: Prinia Modesta
- fr: Prinia modeste
- nl: Roestflankprinia
- pt: Prínia-de-flancos-castanhos
- pl: Prinia myszata

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2048), KE (204), ZW (147), GM (123), TZ (116), ZM (116), UG (92), BW (79), SN (73), MW (69), ET (56), NG (44)

## Summary

The tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava)  is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Prinia in the family Cisticolidae, a family of Old World warblers. It is widespread and common in most parts of Africa south of the Sahara. The plain prinia (P. inornata) of southern Asia was formerly included in this species but is now usually considered to be a separate species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawny-flanked_prinia

## Photo

![Tawny-flanked Prinia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tawny-flanked-prinia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/323215344

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tawny-flanked-prinia?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).