Plain Prinia
Prinia inornata
Aves
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 5-6 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Pair
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- South and Southeast Asia
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Uncommon
About
A small, drab warbler-like bird widespread across South and Southeast Asia, easily recognized by its long, often cocked tail and plain unstreaked plumage. Its tail noticeably shortens and lengthens between breeding and non-breeding seasons as feathers molt.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
- 2.hatchlingA pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage and song.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Genus
- Prinia
- Species
- Prinia inornata