Plain Prinia

Latin Name: 
Prinia inornata
Category: 
Size: 
13cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Pale brown above; whitish supercilium and lores; dark wings and tail; long, graduated tail, with buff tips and white outer feathers; buff-white underbody; tawny flanks and belly. In winter, more rufous above. The Yellow-bellied Prinia P. flaviventris is olivishgreen above, with a slaty-grey head; yellow belly and whitish throat distinctive. Pairs or several move about in low growth; skulker, difficult to see; jerky, low flight, soon vanishing into bush; tail often  flicked.

Habitat: 
tall cultivation, grass, scrub; prefers damp areas.
Food: 
insects, flower nectar.
Distribution: 
subcontinent, from terai and Gangetic plain southwards; absent in W Rajasthan.
Call: 
Call Description: 
plaintive tee… tee; also a krrik…krrik sound; wheezy song, very insect-like in quality.
National Status: