Brown Prinia

Prinia polychroa

Least Concern

Overview

The brown prinia (Prinia polychroa) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae found in mainland Southeast Asia and on the Indonesian island of Java. 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 considered to belong to P. rocki.

Habitat

This species inhabits subtropical or tropical dry forest environments across most of Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Java.

Did you know?

The species is named after the American ornithologist Herbert Girton Deignan.

Sources

Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata · CC0 1.0