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Prinia gracilis

Photo by lior kislev
Location: Btehha north, Israel

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

Taxonomy

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)

Habitat

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

Behaviour

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

Diet

Their diet consists mainly of insects and small grubs.

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