Bird
Bar-winged Prinia
Prinia familiarisAlso known as Bar-winged Wren-Warbler
The Bar-winged Prinia is a small olive-brown songbird with pale underparts, a long active tail, and fine bars across the wings. It slips through shrubs and tall vegetation while delivering repetitive calls.
Shrubland BirdBarred WingsInsect Forager
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Near ThreatenedConservation statusIUCN Red List categoriesLCNTVUENCREWEXNear ThreatenedRed List categories, explained →
Diet & preySmall beetles, Flies, Spiders
Predators
- Small raptors
- Snakes
- Domestic cats
ThreatsShrub clearance, pesticide use, and trapping
HabitatsScrub, gardens, plantations, forest edges, and tall grass
Life spanLikely several years
Classification
- FamilyCisticolidae
- SpeciesPrinia familiaris
Range data is not available yet.
Interaction riskLow
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- Why interaction risk is low
- Stay outside dense cover and avoid playback near breeding birds.
Responsible observation
- Sound: Locate the repetitive call before searching moving foliage.
- Wings: Use binoculars to resolve the fine bars on a briefly perched bird.
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