Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis) - HBW 11, p. 434
French: Prinia cendrée
German: Rostbauchprinie
Spanish: Prinia Cenicienta
Other common names: Ashy Wren-warbler
Taxonomy: Prinia socialis Sykes, 1832, Deccan, central India.
Sri Lanka race brevicauda differs vocally from others; further study needed. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- stewarti Blyth, 1847 - NE Pakistan (E from Ferozepore and Gujranwala), N & W India (E to S Bihar, S to N Madhya Pradesh) and Nepal.
- inglisi Whistler & Kinnear, 1933 - NE India (N West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan and Bangladesh.
- socialis Sykes, 1832 - peninsular India (S from S Bihar and S Madhya Pradesh).
- brevicauda Legge, 1879 - Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird giving different calls and feeding Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp stewarti)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2006 2 years ago 46 sec 4.4 -
A bird singing. Locality Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka (ssp brevicauda)
Eldert Groenewoud 30 October 2008 3 years ago 21 sec 4.3 -
In breeding plumage Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp stewarti)
RAM GOPAL SONI 21 June 2006 2 years ago 20 sec 4 -
In breeding plumage Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp stewarti)
RAM GOPAL SONI 21 June 2006 2 years ago 28 sec 4 -
A bird on a leaf, flicking its tail and flying off. Locality Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka (ssp brevicauda)
Eldert Groenewoud 30 October 2008 3 years ago 14 sec 4 -
An adult perched. Locality Ooty, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp socialis)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 2 years ago 39 sec 3.8
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This photograph was taken when i was searching for some booted warbler on nearby bush by the call and suddenly this Ashy Prinia
Locality Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana District, Gujarat, India
Mital Patel 18 September 2010 1 year ago 4.7 -
Ashy Prinia
Locality Pune, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
Satish Ranadive 50 weeks ago 4.4 -
Dancing from twig to twig , flower to flower , savoring nectar.
Locality Yavatmal, Yavatmal District, Maharashtra, India
Jayant Atrey 17 March 2012 10 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird perched
Locality Ooty, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp socialis)
vasanthan.p.j 26 January 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
Prinia perched on a shrub and alerting other life around in a lake shore.
Locality Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India
Ragoorao 22 July 2010 1 year ago 4 -
An adult perched.
Locality Ooty, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp socialis)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 2 years ago 4
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Six different calls Locality Rajasthan, India
(ssp stewarti )
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2005 2 years ago 4.5 -
Singing in bush while feeding Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp stewarti)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2005 2 years ago 4 -
Variety of calls icluding alarm calls Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Calls Locality Munnar, Kerala, India
(ssp socialis)
Stuart Fisher 14 February 2006 3 years ago 0
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