- Prinia familiaris
Identification
13 cm
A medium sized prinia with long tail
White bars on wings.
Olive-green upperparts
Throat and center chest white
Body side greyish
Belly and vent yellowish.
Iris brown
Upper mandible grey, lower mandible yellowish
Legs pink.
Similar Species
Yellow-bellied Prinia, which lacks the white wing bars.
Distribution
Southeast Asia: found in Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas, Bali
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies:[1]
- P. f. prinia:
- P. f. familiaris:
Habitat
Gardens, open areas with trees and bushes including mangrove forest and secondary growth, plantations and parkland. From sea level to 900 m in Sumatra with one recorded at 2000 m and in Java and Bali, they have been recorded up to 1500 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mainly of insects and larvae. Foraging in parties of up to 12–15 noisy individuals. At the beginning of the breeding season they split up into individual or pairs. Forages on ground and by gathering their food from leaves up to the treetops.
Breeding
Recorded all year round, but mainly from March to June in Java. The nest has a long, domed rectangular shape with an entrance at the top. It is fastened with plant fibres and spider webs, close to the ground in low trees and bushes. 2 to 4 eggs.
Vocalisation
Loud voice with a high pitched and repetitive “chweet-chweet-chweet”.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bar-winged Prinia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-winged_Prinia
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
