Brown Prinia

Brown Prinia

Prinia polychroa

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Jakarta

In 3 days <5%

5 Verified sightings at Jakarta
14 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
December Best month

About the Brown Prinia

The brown prinia (Prinia polychroa) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. The Burmese prinia (P. cooki) and the Annam prinia (P. rocki) were formerly lumped with this species. It is found in mainland Southeast Asia, namely in most of Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, as well as on the Indonesian island of Java. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. Populations in Myanmar, far western Thailand, far western Laos, and southern China are now considered to belong to P. cooki, while populations in the Đà Lạt Plateau of Vietnam and far eastern Cambodia are now considered to belong P. rocki.

It was named after the American ornithologist Herbert Girton Deignan. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:45

Cambodia · 2026

© JJSUN · XC1103616 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:18

Thailand · 2014

© Jelle Scharringa · XC641442 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:35

Thailand · 2017

© Peter Ericsson · XC384876 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
2 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Prinia in Jakarta?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Prinia sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 134th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Brown Prinia in Jakarta?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Prinia in Jakarta on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

Where else can you see a Brown Prinia?

Only Jakarta, in our data

Jakarta is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brown Prinia sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Brown Prinia live in Jakarta?

Same genus: Prinia

The closest relatives of the Brown Prinia that you can see in Jakarta (genus Prinia, Prinias) are Bar-winged Prinia (about 10%) and Plain Prinia (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Brown Prinia sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown Prinia is recorded against all the birds logged in Jakarta (5 verified sightings), 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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