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Prinia gracilis

Photo by RASHED
Location: Kuwait

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa, Middle East and Asia
North Africa: Egypt
East Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia
Middle East, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran
Asia: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• P. g. akyildizi:

• Coastal southern Turkey (Antalya to Adana)

• P. g. irakensis :

• Norther-eastern Syria to Iraq and south-western Iran (foothills of Zagros Mountains)

• P. g. palaestinae:

• Eastern Sinai to southern Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and north-western Arabia

• P. g. deltae:

• Egypt (Nile Delta) to Sinai and western Israel

• P. g. gracilis:

• Nile Valley (Cairo to northern Sudan) and northern Egypt (El Faiyum)

• P. g. natronensis:

• Northern Egypt (Wadi el Natrun)

• P. g. yemenensis:

• Coastal Arabia and Yemen (Mecca to Aden and Hadramaut)

• P. g. carlo:

• Southern Sudan to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and southern Somalia

• P. g. hufufae:

• Eastern Saudi Arabia (Hufuf Oasis) and Bahrain

• P. g. carpenteri:

• Coastal Oman

• P. g. lepida:

• Southern coastal Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India

• P. g. stevensi:

• Southern Nepal to north-eeastern India (Assam and Arunachal Pradesh)

[edit] Habitat

Bushes and reeds at marshes, sewage ponds and gravel pits. Farmland and other cultivated areas, including gardens with palm trees. Also scrub land.

[edit] Behaviour

Small, elusive, fast and jittery. They go deep into the foliage when feeding.

[edit] Diet

Their diet consists mainly of insects and small grubs.

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