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[[Image:Yellow-bellied_Prinia.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Rosnan+yahya|Rosnan yahya}}<br />[[Malaysia]], January 2004]]
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[[Image:Yellow-bellied_Prinia.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rosnan yahya]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Prinia|Prinia]] flaviventris
 
;[[:Category:Prinia|Prinia]] flaviventris
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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13 cm. Slate grey head,  olive green upperparts, white throat and breast, yellow belly, narrow long tail, sometimes white eyebrows, red eye. Sexes similar. ''' Juvenile''': Upperparts brown, tail tip white, yellow underparts.
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12–14 cm  
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*Grey crown, nape and side of head  
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*Olive green upperparts
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*White throat and breast
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*Yellow belly
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*Long graduated tail
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*White eyebrows
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*Red eye<br />
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Sexes similar<br />
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''' Juvenile'''
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*Brown upperparts brown
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*White tip to tail
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*Yellow underparts
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[[Image:IMG 6057 1 .JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''sindiana''<br />Photo by {{user|amaizlish|amaizlish}}<br />[[Okhla Bird Sanctuary]], Delhi, [[India]], February 2011]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Pakistan]], [[Borneo]], [[Java]] and [[Singapore]].
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[[Asia]]: found in [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], eastern and western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Singapore]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Java]].
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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[[Image:Yellow-bellied Prinia1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Subspecies ''sonitans''<br />Photo by {{user|Dave+2x|Dave 2x}}<br />Taipei, [[Taiwan]], November 2012]]
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====Subspecies====
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There are 7 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''P. f. sindiana'':
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:*[[Pakistan]] (Indus River system) to north-western [[India]]
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*''P. f. flaviventris'':
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:*[[Nepal]] to [[Bhutan]], north-eastern India, [[Bangladesh]] and northern [[Myanmar]]
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*''P. f. delacouri'':
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:*South-eastern Myanmar to central [[Thailand]] and [[Indochina]]
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*''P. f. sonitans'':
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:*South-eastern [[China]] (northern Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian), [[Hainan]] and [[Taiwan]]
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*''P. f. rafflesi'':
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:*Southern Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, [[Malaya]], [[Sumatra]] and [[]]Java
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*''P. f. halistona'':
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:*Nias Island (off Sumatra)
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*''P. f. latrunculus'':
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:*[[Borneo]]
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Low bushes and tall grasses, reeds and sedges and scrubland.
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Low bushes and tall grasses, riverine floodplains, reeds and sedges, marshes, canals, scrubland and paddyfields.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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They nest at the base of tall grass in a untidy loose ball nest build from grasses or leaves wrapped around tall stems. 3-4 reddish chestnut eggs are laid, with a band or cap of richer colour at the broader end.
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====Breeding====
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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.
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The diet includes insects.
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====Diet====
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The diet includes insects, small flies, crickets and ants etc.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
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#Naturia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Prinia+flaviventris}}
 
{{GSearch|Prinia+flaviventris}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Prinia]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Prinia]]

Revision as of 22:33, 28 November 2014

Photo by Rosnan yahya
Malaysia, January 2004
Prinia flaviventris

Identification

12–14 cm

  • 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
Subspecies sindiana
Photo by amaizlish
Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Delhi, India, February 2011

Distribution

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 sonitans
Photo by Dave 2x
Taipei, Taiwan, November 2012

Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies[1]:

  • P. f. sindiana:
  • P. f. flaviventris:
  • P. f. delacouri:
  • P. f. sonitans:
  • P. f. rafflesi:
  • Southern Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and [[]]Java
  • P. f. halistona:
  • Nias Island (off Sumatra)
  • P. f. latrunculus:

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.

References

  1. 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/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
  4. Naturia

Recommended Citation

External Links

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