Ashy Prinia

Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis) is a small warbler. The bird is 13 to 14 cm long and has short rounded wings, a longish tail, strong legs and a short black bill. It is ashy slate colored above and fulvous white below. Its winter plumage is less slaty and browner in summer.

The bird is found in pairs in gardens and well-watered scrub country. Nesting season is from March to September. Its nest is like a Tailor Bird's, in a funnel of stitched leaves and an oblong purse of woven fibers tacked and bound with cobweb to the supporting leaves of a low bush. Usually, 3 to 5 eggs are laid. The bird is normally seen in dry open grassland, open woodland, scrub and sometimes gardens.