Binomial name origin:  Prtnia after the Javanese name Prinya for bar winged Prinia which belongs to the same Genus. Hodgsonii after the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgsonn.

This Prinia is also called Franklins prinia and belongs to the Wren Warbler family. They are insectivorous in nature and can be seen in scrub jungle, open woodlands etc and is quite common in Indian peninsula