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title: "Gestreepte prinia"
description: "Prinia gracilis — Vogels. The graceful prinia (Prinia gracilis) is a small warbler (in some older works it is referred to as graceful warbler)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/graceful-prinia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gestreepte prinia

> Prinia gracilis — Vogels. The graceful prinia (Prinia gracilis) is a small warbler (in some older works it is referred to as graceful warbler).

- Scientific name: *Prinia gracilis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1263
- Wikidata: [Q248603](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q248603)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7707](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7707)

## Names

- en: Graceful Prinia
- de: Streifenprinie
- es: Prinia Grácil
- fr: Prinia gracile
- nl: Gestreepte prinia
- pt: Fuinha-elegante
- pl: Prinia zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

IL (758), EG (118), SA (45), JO (41), SY (32), OM (30), PS (18), BH (12), LB (12), DJ (4), SD (4), YE (4)

## Summary

The graceful prinia (Prinia gracilis) is a small warbler (in some older works it is referred to as graceful warbler). This prinia is a resident breeder in northeastern Africa (the Nile valley in particular) and southern Asia, from Egypt and Somalia east to Saudi Arabia, where it is sometimes called streaked wren-warbler.
This active passerine bird is typically found in shrub or tall grass in a variety of habitats with thick undergrowth, tamarisks or similar cover.  Graceful prinia builds its nest in a bush or grass and lays 3 to 5 eggs.
These 10–11 cm long warblers have short rounded wings, and a long tapering tail…

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

## Photo

![Gestreepte prinia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/graceful-prinia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91013600

## Machine access

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