Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Prinias Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae Genus: Prinia The prinias are small insectivorous birds belonging to the passerine bird family Cisticolidae. They are often also alternatively classed in the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae. The prinias are sometimes referred to as wren-warblers. They are a little known group of the tropical and subtropical Old World, the roughly thirty species being divided fairly equally between Africa and Asia. These are birds mainly of open habitats such as long grass or scrub, in which they are not easily seen. They are mainly resident, migration being limited to local cold weather movements. Non-breeding birds may form small flocks. Prinias have short wings but long tapering tails. They are fairly drab birds, brown or grey above (sometimes with dark streaks) and whitish below. Some species have different breeding and non-breeding plumages. The bill is a typical insectivore's, thin and slightly curved. Species list: Family: Cisticolidae) Rufous-vented Prinia, Prinia burnesii Swamp Prinia, Prinia cinerascens Striated Prinia, Prinia criniger Brown Prinia, Prinia polychroa Hill Prinia, Prinia atrogularis Gray-crowned Prinia, Prinia cinereocapilla Rufous-fronted Prinia, Prinia buchanani Rufescent Prinia, Prinia rufescens Gray-breasted Prinia, Prinia hodgsonii Bar-winged Prinia, Prinia familiaris Graceful Prinia, Prinia gracilis Jungle Prinia, Prinia sylvatica Yellow-bellied Prinia, Prinia flaviventris Ashy Prinia, Prinia socialis Tawny-flanked Prinia, Prinia subflava Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata Pale Prinia, Prinia somalica River Prinia, Prinia fluviatilis Black-chested Prinia, Prinia flavicans Karoo Prinia, Prinia maculosa Drakensberg Prinia, Prinia hypoxantha Namaqua Prinia, Prinia substriata Sao Tome Prinia, Prinia molleri Roberts' Prinia, Prinia robertsi Sierra Leone Prinia, Prinia leontica White-chinned Prinia, Prinia leucopogon Banded Prinia, Prinia bairdii Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.