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[[Image:Ashy_Prinia.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|svenky1962|svenky1962}} <br/>Photographed: Hebbal, [[Bangalore]]]]
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[[Image:Ashy_Prinia.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Nominate subspecies<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|svenky1962|svenky1962}} <br />Hebbal, Bangalore, [[India]], Jul 2006]]
 
;[[:Category:Prinia|Prinia]] socialis
 
;[[:Category:Prinia|Prinia]] socialis
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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13-14 cm.  Ash grey above, black eye stripe, white underparts, yellow flanks, short rounded wings,  long tail, strong legs and a short black bill. Sexes identical; male has a blacker bill and mouth in the breeding season.
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[[Image:ashy_prinia_alok_1.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''P. s. stewarti'', breeding plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}} <br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, [[India]], July-2016]]
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13-14 cm
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*Ash grey above
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*Black eye stripe
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*White underparts
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*Yellow flanks
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*Short rounded wings
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*Long tail - in non-breeding plumage; tail is significantly shorter in breeding plumage.
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*Strong legs
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*Short black bill<br />
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Sexes identical. '''Male''' develops a blacker bill and mouth in the breeding season;
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[India]]n subcontinent, western [[Myanmar]] and [[Sri Lanka]].
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[[Asia]]: found in [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]]
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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There are 4 subspecies
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====Subspecies====
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* ''P s socialis''
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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* ''P s stewarti''
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*''P. s. stewarti'':
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* ''P s inglisi''
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:*Northern [[Pakistan]] (upper Indus River) to [[Nepal]] and northern [[India]]
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* ''P s brevicauda''
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*''P. s. inglisi'':
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:*North-eastern [[India]] to Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam and [[Bangladesh]]
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*''P. s. socialis'':
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:*Peninsular [[India]]
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*''P. s. brevicauda'':
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:*[[Sri Lanka]]
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[[Image:Prinia Ashy non breeding IMG 0680web.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Nominate subspecies, non-breeding plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|mehtasa|mehtasa}}<br />Near Uran, Maharashtra,[[ India]], March 2009]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Dry open grassland, open woodland, scrub and in gardens in many cities. <sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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Wetlands, scrub, grasslands and gardens up to 400 feet
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes insects.
 
The diet includes insects.
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====Breeding====
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The nest is formed from leaves stitched together with webs and hair, it's placed close to the ground in a shrub or tall grass.  Three to five pointed oval very glossy, chestnut or red eggs are laid.  Both parents share incubation and feeding the young.
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====Vocalisation====
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The song is a repetitive ''tchup, tchup, tchup'' or ''zeet-zeet-zeet''.
  
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It builds its nest from leaves stitched together with webs and hair,  close to the ground in a shrub or tall grass.  3-5 pointed oval very glossy, brick-red to rich chestnut eggs are laid.  Both parents share incubation and feeding the young. <sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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{{Audio|ashy_prinia_alok.mp3}}
  
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====Vocalisation====
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Recording &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />
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The song is a repetitive ''tchup, tchup, tchup'' or ''zeet-zeet-zeet''. <sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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Sultanpur Village, Dist. Gurgaon, Haryana, [[India]], Aug.-2016<br />
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Call given just before Sunset, in farmland and adjacent wilderness and Tamarisk scrub.<br />
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{{ Audio|Ashy_Prinia_2_Alok.mp3 }}<br />
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Recording &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />
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Village Budhera, Gurugram, Haryana, [[India]], 20 June 2023<br />
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Call given just before Sunset, in farmland and adjacent wilderness and Tamarisk scrub.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashy_Prinia Wikipedia]
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Prinia socialis" {{!}} "Ashy Prinia"}}
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{{VSearch|"Prinia socialis" {{!}} "Ashy Prinia", video}}
  
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==External Links==
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{{GS-checked}}1
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{{GSearch|Prinia+socialis}}  
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Prinia]]
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Prinia]][[Category:Bird Songs]][[Category:Videos]]

Latest revision as of 16:22, 11 July 2023

Nominate subspecies
Photo © by svenky1962
Hebbal, Bangalore, India, Jul 2006
Prinia socialis

Identification

Subspecies P. s. stewarti, breeding plumage
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India, July-2016

13-14 cm

  • Ash grey above
  • Black eye stripe
  • White underparts
  • Yellow flanks
  • Short rounded wings
  • Long tail - in non-breeding plumage; tail is significantly shorter in breeding plumage.
  • Strong legs
  • Short black bill

Sexes identical. Male develops a blacker bill and mouth in the breeding season;

Distribution

Asia: found in Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • P. s. stewarti:
  • P. s. inglisi:
  • P. s. socialis:
  • P. s. brevicauda:
Nominate subspecies, non-breeding plumage
Photo © by mehtasa
Near Uran, Maharashtra,India, March 2009

Habitat

Wetlands, scrub, grasslands and gardens up to 400 feet

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

The nest is formed from leaves stitched together with webs and hair, it's placed close to the ground in a shrub or tall grass. Three to five pointed oval very glossy, chestnut or red eggs are laid. Both parents share incubation and feeding the young.

Vocalisation

The song is a repetitive tchup, tchup, tchup or zeet-zeet-zeet.

Recording © by Alok Tewari
Sultanpur Village, Dist. Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Aug.-2016
Call given just before Sunset, in farmland and adjacent wilderness and Tamarisk scrub.


Recording © by Alok Tewari
Village Budhera, Gurugram, Haryana, India, 20 June 2023
Call given just before Sunset, in farmland and adjacent wilderness and Tamarisk scrub.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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External Links


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