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title: "Grijsborstprinia"
description: "Prinia hodgsonii — Vogels. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/gray-breasted-prinia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grijsborstprinia

> Prinia hodgsonii — Vogels. 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.

- Scientific name: *Prinia hodgsonii*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2300
- Wikidata: [Q863110](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863110)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7724](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7724)

## Names

- en: Gray-breasted Prinia
- de: Graubrustprinie
- es: Prinia de Hodgson
- fr: Prinia de Hodgson
- nl: Grijsborstprinia
- pl: Prinia śniada

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1309), TH (189), LK (86), CN (46), NP (37), VN (24), MM (18), BD (17), LA (10), PK (8), KH (7)

## Summary

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…

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

## Photo

![Grijsborstprinia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-breasted-prinia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sri Srikumar · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/393488481

## Machine access

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