Prakruti Parichay
CisticolidaePrinia

Ashy Prinia

Prinia socialis

13–13 cmVery Small
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Widespread resident; unrecorded from parts of the northwest. Has white supercilium (sometimes la cking), slate-grey crown and ear-coverts, red eye, slate-grey!breeding) or rufous-brown [non-breeding) mantle, orange-buff wash on underparts, and prominent black subterminal marks (and whitish tips) to tail feathers. Juvenile has greenish upperparts and bullish-yellow underparts. P. s. inglisi{NE) and P. s. brevicauda (Sri Lanka) have slate-grey upperparts throughout the year. P. s. brellicauda has short tail, whiter underparts and brown iris. Vale, Song is a wheezy jimmy-jimmy. jimmy. Tall grass and scrub, open secondary growth and reedbeds.

Colour

YellowSlateGreyBrown
Average size
13 cm
Habitat
Tall grass and scrub, open secondary growth and reedbeds.
Behaviour
Widespread resident, unrecorded from parts of the northwest. Has white supercilium (sometimes la cking), slate-grey crown and ear-coverts, red eye, slate-grey!breeding) or rufous-brown [non-breeding) mantle, orange-buff wash on underparts, and prominent black subterminal marks (and whitish tips) to tail feathers.

About this bird

Widespread resident; unrecorded from parts of the northwest. Has white supercilium (sometimes la cking), slate-grey crown and ear-coverts, red eye, slate-grey!breeding) or rufous-brown [non-breeding) mantle, orange-buff wash on underparts, and prominent black subterminal marks (and whitish tips) to tail feathers. Juvenile has greenish upperparts and bullish-yellow underparts. P. s. inglisi{NE) and P. s. brevicauda (Sri Lanka) have slate-grey upperparts throughout the year. P. s. brellicauda has short tail, whiter underparts and brown iris. Vale, Song is a wheezy jimmy-jimmy. jimmy. Tall grass and scrub, open secondary growth and reedbeds.

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Ashy Prinia is bigger than Common Stonechat but smaller than Twlte.

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Ashy Prinia

Prinia socialis

13–13 cm