Yellow-bellied Prinia

Yellow-bellied Prinia

Prinia flaviventris

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Chitwan National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

130 Verified sightings at Chitwan National Park From 2019 to 2026
2,054 In all 20 parks
May Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Yellow-bellied Prinia

The yellow-bellied prinia (Prinia flaviventris) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Pakistan, the southern Himalayan foothills, the northeastern Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:24

Malaysia · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1176010 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:19

Singapore · 2026

© Joan Theng · XC1135077 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:35

China · 2020

© Geoff Carey · XC834344 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
2 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
3 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~20%
4 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
5 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
6 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
7 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
8 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
9 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
10 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
11 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
12 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
13 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
14 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
15 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
16 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
17 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
18 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
19 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
20 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
~50%
2 Chattogram 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~50%
3 Quanzhou 🇨🇳 China
~40%
4 Hanoi 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~40%
5 Xiamen City 🇨🇳 China
~30%
6 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
~30%
7 Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~30%
8 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~30%
9 Phnom Penh 🇰🇭 Cambodia
~30%
10 Nanchang 🇨🇳 China
~30%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-bellied Prinia in Chitwan National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Prinia sighting in Chitwan National Park on a given day, based on 130 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 144th most-seen of the 367 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-bellied Prinia in Chitwan National Park?

May

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Prinia in Chitwan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-bellied Prinia?

Between 1 and 4 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied Prinia sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Which relatives of the Yellow-bellied Prinia live in Chitwan National Park?

Same genus: Prinia

The closest relatives of the Yellow-bellied Prinia that you can see in Chitwan National Park (genus Prinia, Prinias) are Gray-breasted Prinia (about 30%), Plain Prinia (about 20%) and Ashy Prinia (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Yellow-bellied Prinia sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Prinia is recorded against all the birds logged in Chitwan National Park (130 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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