The grey-crowned prinia (Prinia cinereocapilla) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Bhutan, northern India and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss, including forest fires.[2]
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| Illustration by Joseph Smit (1878) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Prinia |
| Species: | P. cinereocapilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Prinia cinereocapilla Moore, F, 1854
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Grey-crowned prinia is 11 cm long and weighs 6–8·5 g. A small, neatly proportioned and relatively short-tailed prinia with small and slim bill. In fresh plumage has rufous forehead. During the breeding season, it has blue-gray ear-coverts, and no supercilium.[2] It can be difficult to distinguish from other prinia.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Prinia cinereocapilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713578A94380640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713578A94380640.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Madge, Steve (2020-03-04), "Gray-crowned Prinia (Prinia cinereocapilla)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, retrieved 2024-03-18
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