Swinhoe's prinia
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Prinia striata

The striped prinia (Prinia striata ) or Swinhoe's prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It was formerly lumped with the Himalayan prinia (P. crinigera ) as the striated prinia, but was split from it following a study published in 2019.

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It is distributed throughout mainland China and Taiwan. It is sympatric with P. crinigera in the Yunnan Province of China.

There are three known subspecies: P. s. catharia, which ranges from northeast India through Myanmar to south-central China, P. s. parumstriata, which is distributed throughout southeast and central China, and P. s. striata, which is restricted to Taiwan.

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Geography

References

1. Swinhoe's prinia Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinhoe's_prinia

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