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The Yellow-bellied prinia (Prinia flaviventris) is a bird found in Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR China, Thailand, Malaysia and India. Grassland and reed beds across South and Southeast Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Yellow-bellied prinia lives

Grassland and reed beds across South and Southeast Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs100%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Yellow-bellied prinia

Recorded by Indra Kusuma (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1142810. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Yellow-bellied prinia

Where does the Yellow-bellied prinia live?

The Yellow-bellied prinia lives in Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR China, Thailand, Malaysia and India. Grassland and reed beds across South and Southeast Asia.

What does the Yellow-bellied prinia eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 100%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Yellow-bellied prinia endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Asia

• Pallas’s Fish Eagle
• Masked Finfoot
• Okinawa Rail
• Crestless Fireback
• Milky Stork
• Tawitawi Brown Dove

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.