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Photo taken: Lijiang, Yunnan, China

Prinia inornata

[edit] Identification

13-14 cm. Short rounded wings, a long tail, strong legs and a short black bill. In breeding plumage, adults are grey-brown above, with a short white supercilium and rufous fringes on the closed wings. Underparts are whitish-buff. The sexes are identical.

In winter, the upperparts are a warmer brown, and the underparts more buff. The tail is longer than in summer.

The song is a repetitive tlee-tlee-tlee.

[edit] Distribution

Pakistan, India, south China and southeast Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

A related form P. p. subflava, resident in Africa south of the Sahara is sometimes considered the same species, but is usually designated Tawny-flanked Prinia, Prinia subflava (Gmelin, 1789).

[edit] Habitat

Wet lowland grassland, open woodland, scrub and sometimes gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

The Plain Prinia builds its nest in a shrub or tall grass and lays 3-6 eggs.

Diet includes insects.

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