Swamp Prinia - Range, Habitat, and Status

Range, Habitat, and Status

The Swamp Prinia occurs in the plains of the Brahmaputra and the Cachar district in the state of Assam, India, and in nearby parts of northern Bangladesh. It lives in a variety of habitats with tall grass or brush, notably plains of sarkhan (Saccharum) with or without scattered acacias and tamarisks, but also plains of elephant grass and ekra grass, and even deserts with scattered patches of tall grass, and reedbeds. It prefers areas near large rivers or swamps.

It was locally common, but there have been few recent published reports. Presumably the population is declining because of habitat change. As the Rufous-vented Prinia, with which the IUCN combines the present taxon, is rated as Near Threatened, the Swamp Prinia considered as a separate species would have that that rating or worse.