Cisticolas & Allies

Jungle Prinia

Prinia sylvatica

The Jungle Prinia (Prinia sylvatica) is a 16 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cisticolas & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

16 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal.

Where to see it: Vetal Tekdi/Hill (near ARAI) (India); Byatarayana Doddi Kere (India); Uda Walawe NP (Sri Lanka); Rishi Valley · School Campus (India); Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) (India).

Photo: (c) Hopeland, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist