Grey-breasted Prinia

How to identify

Field marks

1. Smoky-gray breast-band contrasting with the white throat in the breeding season
2. Entirely black bill; pink legs and feet
3. Orange eye-ring
4. Long, gray tail with white feather tips

Male, female and young

Sexes similar in most populations; adults often lack the breast-band in the non-breeding season, and juveniles resemble non-breeding adults but have a more rufous back.

Voice

The male's song is a series of thin, high-pitched “chiwee-chiwee-chiwi-chip-chip-chip” notes; it gives “zee zee zee” calls while moving about.

Where and when it's recorded

Grey-breasted Prinia has been recorded at 478 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 12 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Kanha NP – Mukki ZoneIndia3,363 records
2. Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia2,416 records
3. Thrissur Government Medical CollegeIndia1,584 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaThailandSri LankaLaosNepalCambodiaChinaMyanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The grey-breasted prinia or Franklin's prinia (Prinia hodgsonii) is a wren-warbler belonging to the family of small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. This prinia is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and southeast Asia.

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