The Bar-winged Prinia is a distinctive prinia, 13 cm long and weighing 8-10 gm. The plumage is white grading to yellow below with a grey cap and brown back and wings and a distinctive white double wingbar. The rump is yellow and the tail brown, with orange legs. Both sexes are alike and the juveniles resemble the adults. The song is a loud and repetitive high pitched chweet-chweet-chweet.
The Bar-winged Prinia is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
The Bar-winged Prinia (Prinia familiaris) is a species of bird in the cisticola family Cisticolidae. The species is sometimes known as the Bar-winged Wren-warbler. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs on the islands of Sumatra (where it occurs on the east of the island), Java and Bali. It occupies a wide range of habitats, from mangrove forest at sea level to montane forest, and is tolerant of human modified environments such as gardens, parks and plantations. More
* Bar-winged Prinia, Prinia familiaris * Graceful Prinia, Prinia gracilis * Jungle Prinia, Prinia sylvatica * Yellow-bellied Prinia, Prinia flaviventris * Ashy Prinia, Prinia socialis * Tawny-flanked Prinia, Prinia subflava * Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata * Pale Prinia, Prinia somalica * River Prinia, Prinia fluviatilis * Black-chested Prinia, Prinia flavicans More
Bar-winged Prinia Prinia familiaris - Breeding adult Bar-winged Prinia Photographer : More
Bar-winged Prinia The Bar-winged Prinia (Prinia familiaris) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia. See more at Wikipedia.org... More