Delicate Prinia

Delicate Prinia

Prinia lepida

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Keoladeo National Park

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

17 Verified sightings at Keoladeo National Park From 2019 to 2026
17 In 1 park
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Delicate Prinia

The delicate prinia (Prinia lepida) is a small warbler. This prinia is a resident breeder in southern Asia, from Turkey to North India. There are 5 subspecies, of which P. g. akyildizi, of southern Turkey is the darkest, brownest, and most heavily streaked above, and has the brightest buff flanks.

A study published in 2021 concludes that the delicate prinia should be split from the graceful prinia. Prinia lepida, delicate prinia, 5 subspecies: Prinia lepida akyildizi, S Turkey, Prinia lepida irakensis, NE Syria, Iraq, SW Iran,

Prinia lepida carpenteri, N Oman, Prinia lepida lepida, SE Iran, S Afghanistan, Pakistan, N India, C Nepal, Prinia lepida stevensi, SE Nepal, NE India, Bangladesh. The International Ornithological Congress followed this change in an update later that year. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:27

Oman · 2021

© Oscar Campbell · XC695312 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:26

Saudi Arabia · 2021

© Gregory Askew · XC688133 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:41

Turkey · 2000

© Fernand DEROUSSEN · XC134455 · CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Dubai 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
~70%
2 Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
~60%
3 Doha 🇶🇦 Qatar
~50%
4 Antalya 🇹🇷 Turkey
~30%
5 Karachi 🇵🇰 Pakistan
~20%
6 Lahore 🇵🇰 Pakistan
~10%
7 Savar 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~10%
8 Dammam 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
~10%
9 Kuwait City 🇰🇼 Kuwait
~10%
10 Dhaka 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Delicate Prinia in Keoladeo National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Delicate Prinia sighting in Keoladeo National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 236th most-seen of the 278 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Delicate Prinia in Keoladeo National Park?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Delicate Prinia in Keoladeo National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Delicate Prinia?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Delicate Prinia sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Delicate Prinia?

Only Keoladeo National Park, in our data

Keoladeo National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Delicate Prinia sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Delicate Prinia live in Keoladeo National Park?

Same genus: Prinia

The closest relatives of the Delicate Prinia that you can see in Keoladeo National Park (genus Prinia, Prinias) are Ashy Prinia (about 60%) and Plain Prinia (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Delicate Prinia sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Delicate Prinia is recorded against all the birds logged in Keoladeo National Park (17 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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