Burmese Prinia
Prinia cooki
NENot Evaluated Endemic to Myanmar
- Family
- Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The Burmese prinia (Prinia cooki) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It and the Annam prinia (P. rocki) were formerly lumped with Deignan's prinia (P. polychroa) as the brown prinia.
It is found in Southeast Asia, where it is distributed from central Myanmar west to the western edge of Thailand and Laos, and north to the southern Yunnan Province in China. It is monotypic and has no known subspecies.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Central Myanmar.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Burmese prinia
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
