Brown Prinia (Prinia polychroa)

Other Names (World)
Brown Prinia, Javan Brown Prinia, Brown Hill Warbler, Javan Hill Warbler

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
14.50 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1828)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland and shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Cambodia, China (mainland), Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Brown Prinia (Prinia polychroa) [XC774964]
by Andrew Spencer from Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park, West Java, Indonesia (call, song)

Brown Prinia (Prinia polychroa) [XC124245]
by Peter Ericsson from Prey Veng, Preah Vihear, Cambodia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a species pair with Striated Prinia (Prinia crinigera) and was for long considered conspecific, and the two are vocally very similar, but they differ in habitat and altitude preferences, as well as in breeding plumages, and more or less replace each other geographically.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

cooki (Harington, 1913) - Central and eastern Myanmar, southern China (southern Yunnan), northern and eastern Thailand, Cambodia (Kompong Thom) and northern and southern Laos.
bangsi (La Touche, 1922) - South-eastern Yunnan (southern China).
rocki Deignan, 1957 - Lang Bian Plateau, in south-central Vietnam.
polychroa (Temminck, 1828) - Java.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brown Prinia (Prinia polychroa) - 10 files

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