Yellow-bellied Prinia - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies P. f. rafflesi
Photo by Rosnan yahya
Malaysia, January 2004

Prinia flaviventris

Identification

Subspecies P. f. sindiana
Photo by amaizlish
Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Delhi, India, February 2011

12–14 cm (4¾-5½ in)

• Grey crown, nape and side of head
• Olive green upperparts
• White throat and breast
• Yellow belly
• Long graduated tail
• White eyebrows
• Red eye
  

Sexes similar
Juvenile

• Brown upperparts brown
• White tip to tail
• Yellow underparts

Distribution

Subspecies P. f. sonitans
Photo by Dave 2x
Taipei, Taiwan, November 2012

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, eastern and western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra and Java.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies^[1]:

• P. f. sindiana:

• Pakistan (Indus River system) to north-western India

• P. f. flaviventris:

• Nepal to Bhutan, north-eastern India, Bangladesh and northern Myanmar

• P. f. delacouri:

• South-eastern Myanmar to central Thailand and Indochina

• P. f. sonitans:

• South-eastern China (northern Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian), Hainan and Taiwan

• P. f. rafflesi:

• Southern Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Java

• P. f. halistona:

• Nias Island (off Sumatra)

• P. f. latrunculus:

• Borneo

Habitat

Low bushes and tall grasses, riverine floodplains, reeds and sedges, marshes, canals, scrubland and paddyfields.

Behaviour

Breeding

An untidy ball nest is built at the bottom of tall grass. Grass and leaves are tied around the stems. The clutch consists of 3-4 reddish eggs.

Diet

The diet includes insects, small flies, crickets and ants etc.

Juvenile with brown upperparts, subspecies P. f. sindiana
Photo by Alok Tewari
Basai Wetlands, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, January-2018

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-bellied Prinia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-bellied_Prinia

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