Swamp Grass Babbler (Laticilla cinerascens) | Range and ID

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ID tip

Swamp grass babblers average 17 cm (6.7 in) long (big for a prinia). Adults are olive-grey above, slightly warmer on the back of the neck and upper back, but less distinctly collared than the rufous-vented grass babbler. Bold dark streaking starts at the forehead and fades on the back. The underparts are greyish white, greyer on the flanks, which may be slightly streaked. There is a faint buff tint to the undertail coverts (but not the distinctive colouring for which the rufous-vented prinia is named).

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When to see the Swamp Grass Babbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Swamp Grass Babbler

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

India

About the Swamp Grass Babbler

The swamp grass babbler or swamp prinia is a small bird of the Indian subcontinent. Some authorities consider it a subspecies of the rufous-vented grass babbler.

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Easily confused with

Rufous-vented Grass BabblerLaticilla burnesiiRufous-vented grass babblers average 17 cm (6.7 in) long with a wing length from the bend to the tip of 5.3 cm (2.1 in) (females) or 5.5 cm (2.2 in) (males) to 5.9 cm (2.3 in).

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