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The plain prinia (Prinia inornata), also known as the plain wren-warbler or white-browed wren-warbler,[2] is a small cisticolid warbler found in southeast Asia. It is a resident breeder from Pakistan and India to south China and southeast Asia. It was formerly included in the tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava), resident in Africa south of the Sahara. The two are now usually considered to be separate species
Scientific Name : Prinia Inornata
Family : Cisticolidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Type : Cisticolas And Allies
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 13 - 14 cm
Compare Size : House Sparrow -
Wingspan : NA
Weight : 6 - 9 g
Migratory : Resident
Sex Alike : Yes
Other Names :
English : Plain Wren-Warbler, White-Browed Wren-Warbler
Hindi : पुट्की, सादी दुमफुदकी
Marathi : वटवट्या, गवती वटवट्या
Habitat:
grassland, open woodland, scrub and sometimes gardens
Breeding:
3 - 5 eggs, Glossy greenish blue, speckled, blotched and pencilled with reddish brown.
Feeding:
insectivorous
| Male & Female | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | pale-brown in winter has Non-Breeding plumage with warmer-browner colouration |
| Supercilium or eyebrow | white |
| Lores | white |
| Tail | long with white outer feathers; in winter has longer tail |
| Underparts | whitish-buff |
| Flanks | tawny |
| Belly | tawny |
| Bill | short; black |
| Wing | darker with rufous fringes on the closed wings |
| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 02 Mar 2019 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
