About the Cricket Warbler
The cricket warbler, also known as cricket longtail, scaly longtail or cricket prinia, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It belongs to the genus Spiloptila; it is often the only species included in the genus but sometimes the red-fronted prinia is placed there as well.
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ID tip
The cricket warbler is a small, perky warbler with a long tail made up of twelve grey, black and white tipped feathers with the feathers getting longer from the outside to the centre, creating a graduated tail. It is pale buffy rufous on the upperparts, with black streaks on the crown and black tips to the primaries and upper wing coverts, a pale yellow rump, a white supercilium and whitish cream underparts. The male has a greyer cast across the nape. 9–10 cm in length.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Yellow-vented EremomelaEremomela flavicrissalisThe yellow-vented eremomela is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.
River PriniaPrinia fluviatilisThe river prinia is a species of bird of the family Cisticolidae.
Grey-crowned PriniaPrinia cinereocapillaThe grey-crowned prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
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