Ashy prinia Birds of Mount Abu JANUARY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

7 January 2019

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

The ashy headed Prinia, fluttering from bush to bush,

Swaggering its tail with no care in this world,

Once in a way crackling its unseen whip,

Much to the observer's curiosity trying to figure out its source.

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Ashy Prinia is mainly resident in Mount Abu. Migration being limited to local cold weather movements. Non-breeding birds may form small flocks.

Prinias have short wings but long tapering tails. They are fairly drab birds, brown or grey above (sometimes with dark streaks) and whitish, below. 

Some species have different breeding and non-breeding plumage. The bill is a typical insectivore's, thin and slightly curved.

Photo Gallery Cisticolas mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Cisticolas and allies- Passeriformes- Cisticolidae

The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open countries such as grassland or scrub. There are 16 species, which occur in India.

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Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis socialis   - Adult Mt. Abu

Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis Mt. Abu

Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii hodgsonii Mt Abu

Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica   Mt. Abu

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