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Plain Prinia

Prinia inornata

IUCN: Least Concern
Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Chandlai Lake, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Prinia inornata
Family
Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Least Concern

A tiny, tail-flicking warbler of tall grass.

  • Spot it Slim brown bird with a long tail and pale eyebrow.
  • Home Grass, scrub and fields.
  • Food web Eats small insects.
  • Why it matters Eats small insects in grass and crops, helping keep pests low, and is prey for snakes and raptors.

Read more: Plain prinia on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2012 and 2014, in Vishanpura and Chandlai Lake.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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