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ASHY PRINIA or Ashy wren-warbler

A small size passerine bird, endemic to the Indian subcontinent. The distinctive colours and upright tail makes it easy to identify. True to its scientific name Prinia socialis, (socialis means sociable in Latin), this bird is very social and is happy to show itself. Yes, we are talking about cute looking tiny songbird of India - the Ashy Prinia or Ashy wren-warbler. In Hindi, it is named as Phutki [फुत्की] and Rakhi vatvatya in Marathi. Ashy prinia occurs in habitats like dry open grassland, open woodland, scrub, and in home gardens in many cities. They are often found in pairs but roost singly on the branch of a small tree or shrub.

Ashy Prinia has short rounded wings, a grey or ashy-coloured head, greyish-brown back, and buff-orangey or rufous underparts. It has a long & upright cream-colored tail with white edges, short & slightly-curved black bill, red eyes, and often a short white eyebrow or supercilium. Nonbreeding birds acquire a short eyebrow and a longer tail. Both sexes look similar.

Prinia bird call:
They call out from perches like electrical wires and other open perches. It has a wheezy song: jimmy-jimmy-jimmy, or zeet-zeet-zeet, or the metallic yet striking [nasal] tee-tee-tee.. when in flight, A mysterious sound that most Prinias make is a sort of clapping frap-frap or “electric sparks” like sound.

They are insectivorous and foraging for insects in the undergrowth or on the ground. They usually build their nests in shrubs close to the ground or tall grasses. Like Common Tailorbirds, Ashy Prinias also stitch leaves together with silk from spiders webs, and often line these nests with grass strands, leaving a small entrance on one side for the adults to enter and exit.

These birds mostly breed from March to September, when the males usually sit atop branches of trees or shrubs and sing loudly, often engaging in aerial displays to attract females. They lay 3 or 4 eggs. The eggs are glossy brick-red with a dark ring round broad end. The incubation period is 12 days. The species has been found to be monogamous and both parents take turns in incubating eggs and feeding the young ones.

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