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Graceful PriniaAlternate name(s): "Graceful Warbler", "Streaked Wren-warbler" Size: 10-13 cm; wing span: 12-13 cm Weight: 6-8 g |
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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MALE |
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BREEDING |
Frontal view of a male Graceful Prinia in breeding
plumage;
note the black bill
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, January 2010]
Frontal view of a male Graceful Prinia in breeding
plumage;
note the black bill
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, January 2010]
Near-frontal view of a male Graceful Prinia in breeding
plumage
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, January 2010]
Near-lateral view of a male Graceful Prinia in breeding
plumage
looking down at the photographer
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, January 2010]
Partly obscured near-lateral view of a singing male Graceful Prinia in
breeding plumage;
note the black inside of the bill
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, January 2010]
Lateral view of a male Graceful Prinia in breeding
plumage
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, January 2010]
Close-up lateral view of a male Graceful Prinia in breeding
plumage
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, January 2010]
Near-dorsal view of a male Graceful Prinia in breeding
plumage
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, January 2010]
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NON-BREEDING |
The birds shown below, and labeled as a male in eclipse, were sexed by us by its behaviour, not by their external appearance.
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MALE |
Frontal view of a male(?) Graceful Prinia
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, November 2009]
Near-lateral view of a male(?) Graceful Prinia in breeding
plumage
looking towards the observer; note the pale bill
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, October 2009]
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FEMALE |
The bird shown below, and labeled as a female, was sexed by us by its behaviour, not by its external appearance. It was seen together with the male in eclipse in the frontal view shown above.
Lateral view of a preening female(?) Graceful Prinia
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, November 2009]
Lateral view of a Graceful Prinia shaking itself after preening
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, November 2009]
Sex unknown |
Frontal view of a Graceful Prinia leaning sideways
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, November 2009]