Prinia
9.9
Small singing birds that eat insects and live in Asia and Africa
- noun
- Specialized
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prinia
- I saw a small prinia darting between branches in search of insects.
Examples
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On the bank edge, a pair of prinias brought insects back to their nest to feed their brood.
Academic text (2006) -
During spring, the chirping of a prinia can often be heard in the trees.
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The prinia built its nest in the dense foliage of the garden.
Synonyms
9.1
A small bird from Asia and Africa that makes nests by sewing leaves together
is the scientific group name for related small insect-eating songbirds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prinia is the scientific name for a group of small singing birds, and the name probably comes from a local word in South Asia for these birds. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a 'warbler' that flits through tall grass for insects, because Prinia refers to those small, lively grassland songbirds.
