Prinia

Family Common Name Species Phasianidae Manipur bush-quail Perdicula manipurensis Sylviidae Grey-crowned prinia Prinia cinereocapilla Timaliidae Spiny babbler Turdoides nipalensis An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands 2008

The river prinia (Prinia fluviatilis) is considered near-endemic to this ecoregion.

Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna 2008

Lake Chad also supports two near-endemic bird species, the river prinia (Prinia fluviatilis) and the somewhat more widespread rusty lark (Mirafra rufa).

Lake Chad flooded savanna 2008

The white-eyed prinia (Prinia leontica) is found only in the gallery forests of the Guinea Highlands at 500 m to 1,550 m.

Guinean montane forests 2007

These include the near-endemic white-eyed prinia Prinia leontica (VU), the grey-winged robinchat Cossypha polioptera, lemon dove Columba larvata, Sharp's apalis Apalis sharpei, whitenecked rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus (VU) and Nimba flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae (VU), A detailed account of birds in Liberian Nimba is given in Coston & Curry-Lindahl (1986).

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 2008

Avifaunal diversity is also high, and a number of rare species occur, including two near-endemic species, the Sierra Leone prinia (Prinia leontica, VU) and the iris glossy-starling (Coccycolius iris).

Guinean montane forests 2007

The ashy wren-warbler (_Prinia socialis_) builds two distinct kinds of nest.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

March is the month in which to look for the nest of the Indian wren-warbler (_Prinia inornata_).

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

The ashy wren-warbler (_Prinia socialis_) is another "tiny brownie bird."

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The nest of the Indian wren-warbler (_Prinia inornata_) is, except for its shape and its smaller size, very like that of a weaver-bird.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916