Bird watching/ birding in Thailand - Yellow-bellied Prinia / นกกระจิบหญ้าท้องเหลือง

Yellow-bellied Prinia, Prinia flaviventris, นกกระจิบหญ้าท้องเหลือง

Length: 9 cm
Wingspan:
Weight: 6 - 9 g
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature • Yellow eyering
Similar Species • From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male / Juvenile • Sexes similar • Juvenile Brown upperparts brown White tip to tail Yellow underparts From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

The Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Pakistan, the southern Himalayan foothills, the northeastern Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

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Description
This chestnut brown duck is confusable only with the fulvous whistling duck (D. bicolor) but has chestnut upper-tail coverts unlike the creamy white in the latter. The ring around the eye is orange to yellow. When flying straight, their head is held below the level of the body as in other Dendrocygna species. The crown appears dark and the sexes are alike in plumage.

They fly slowly but with rapid wing-flapping and usually produce a repetitive wheezy seasick call as they circle overhead. They are very nocturnal and often rest during the day. The outermost primary feather has the inner vane modified. They produce very prominent whistling sound while flying.

Length: 9 cm

Wingspan:

Weight: 6 - 9 g

Longevity:

Distinctive Feature

• Yellow eyering

Similar Species

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From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Female / Male / Juvenile

• Sexes similar

• Juvenile
Brown upperparts brown
White tip to tail
Yellow underparts

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Listen to the Yellow-bellied Prinia

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Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2020.

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