Brown Prinia
A species of True Prinias Scientific name : Prinia polychroa Genus : True Prinias
Brown Prinia, A species of True Prinias
Botanical name: Prinia polychroa
Genus: True Prinias
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Description
Deignan's prinia (Prinia polychroa) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. The Burmese prinia (P. cooki) and the Annam prinia (P. rocki) were formerly lumped with this species as the brown prinia. It is found in mainland Southeast Asia, namely in most of Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, as well as on the Indonesian island of Java. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. Populations in Myanmar, far western Thailand, far western Laos, and southern China are now considered to belong to P. cooki, while populations in the Đà Lạt Plateau of Vietnam and far eastern Cambodia are now considered to belong P. rocki. There are two known subspecies: P. p. deignani, which is found in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, and P. p. polychroa, which is restricted to Java. P. p. deignani was formerly considered an eastern population of P. p. cooki (when it was considered a subspecies) until the 2019 study, which split the Burmese and south Chinese populations as P. cooki while reclassifying the Thai, Laotian, and Cambodian populations into a new subspecies, P. p. deignani. P. crinigera bangsi, now considered a subspecies of the Himalayan prinia (P. crinigera), was also formerly considered another south Chinese subspecies of P. polychroa (P. p. bangsi) until the 2019 study. It was named after the American ornithologist Herbert Girton Deignan. 
Size
16 cm
Nest Placement
Shrub
Feeding Habits
Brown Prinia's diet primarily consists of insects and larvae. It forages alone or in pairs, skulking low in grassy or tangled underbrush. Upon disturbance, brown Prinia executes a hesitant, short-distance flight before quickly diving back into cover, rarely flushed twice.
Habitat
The habitat of brown Prinia primarily consists of dry scrubby grasslands and areas with shrubby undergrowth, often situated at the edges of forests or within open forest clearings. It is adapted to both broadleaf and coniferous woodland environments, predominantly occupying lowland and foothills regions.
Dite type
Insectivorous
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Feeding Habits
Bird food type
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Cisticolas and allies Genus
True Prinias Species
Brown Prinia 
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