Editing Plain prinia

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
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{{Speciesbox
|name=Plain prinia
|status=LC
|status_system=IUCN3.1
|status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Prinia inornata'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22713615A94383192 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713615A94383192.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|image=Plain prinia (Prinia inornata inornata).jpg
|image_caption=''P. i. inornata'' in winter<br />[[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
|genus=Prinia
|species=inornata
|authority = [[Colonel W. H. Sykes|Sykes]], 1832
|range_map = Prinia inornata distribution map.png
|range_map_caption=Range of the subspecies
}}

The '''plain prinia''' ('''''Prinia inornata'''''), also known as the '''plain wren-warbler''' or '''white-browed wren-warbler''',<ref name=grewal>{{cite book|title=Photographic guide to birds of India|last=Grewal|first=Bikram|author-link=Bikram Grewal |author2=Bill Harvey |author3=Otto Pfister |author3-link=Otto Pfister (naturalist)|publisher=Periplus editions / [[Princeton University Press]] |location= Hong Kong |year=2002}} p. 343</ref> is a small [[Cisticolidae|cisticolid]] [[warbler]] found in southeast Asia. It is a resident breeder from [[Pakistan]] and India to south [[China]] and [[southeast Asia]]. It was formerly included in the [[tawny-flanked prinia]] (''Prinia subflava''), resident in [[Africa]] south of the [[Sahara]]. The two are now usually considered to be separate species.

==Description==
These 13–14-cm long warblers have short rounded wings, a longish tail, strong legs and a short black bill. In breeding plumage, adults are grey-brown above, with a short white [[supercilium]] and [[rufous]] fringes on the closed wings. The underparts are whitish-buff. The sexes are identical.

In winter, the upperparts are a warmer brown, and the underparts more buff. The tail is longer than in summer. There are a number of [[race (biology)|races]] differing in plumage shade. The [[Endemism in birds|endemic]] race in [[Sri Lanka]] retains summer plumage, including the shorter tail, all year round.

==Biology==
This skulking [[passerine]] bird is typically found in wet lowland grassland, open woodland, scrub and sometimes gardens. The plain prinia builds its nest in a shrub or tall grass and lays three to six eggs. (The tawny-flanked prinia nests in herbage and lays two to four eggs.)

Like most warblers, the plain prinia is insectivorous. The song is a repetitive ''{{not a typo|tlee-tlee-tlee}}''.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode = packed heights = 160px>
Plain prinia near Chandigarh.jpg|''P. i. terricolor''<br />[[Punjab]], [[India]]
Plain prinia (Prinia inornata fusca) Nepalgunj.jpg|''P. i. fusca''<br /> [[Nepalgunj]], [[Nepal]]
Plain Prinia @ Chengalpattu Jan 2014 (cropped).jpg|''P. i. franklinii''<br />[[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
Plain prinia (Prinia inornata insularis).jpg|''P. i. insularis''<br />[[Sri Lanka]]
Prinia inornata, Plain prinia - Rot Fai Park-Bangkok (23562106906).jpg|''P. i. herberti''<br />[[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
</gallery>

==References==
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==Further reading==
{{Commons category|Prinia inornata}}
{{Wikispecies|Prinia inornata}}
* ''Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa'' by Baker, {{ISBN|0-7136-3971-7}}
* ''Birds of India'' by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, {{ISBN|0-691-04910-6}}
* ''Birds of The Gambia'' by Barlow, Wacher and Disley, {{ISBN|1-873403-32-1}}

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[[Category:Prinia|plain prinia]]
[[Category:Birds of Indomalaya]]
[[Category:Birds of Taiwan]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1832|plain prinia]]