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lifer!!!! was at the same patch of reeds in the agricultural fields where I usually see the plain prinias and saw this tiny bird flitting around in very strange flight, it would fly around in a random pattern, not really a loop, over the patch of grass, undulating up and down and making sharp, short calls at regular intervals, just bouncing up and down like that incessentally. Initially I thought it was just a plain prinia because it didn't sound like a yellow bellied one and prinias are the only small sized birds that would so something like that (to my knowledge), but I recorded it anyway and surprisingly merlin identified it as zitting cisitocola! normally I would just ignore it since merlin frequently gives outlandish suggestions here where data is insufficient, but I didn't want to miss the opportunity for a new species and it did look short tailed in flight, not like a prinia. I didn't have my camera with me so I raced back to the village to get the camera and about 8 minutes later when I came back, the bird was no longer there doing its weird flight dance. however I did still two tiny birds perched on the long reeds, so I took some photos, and the first bird was indeed a cisticola with a streaky and patterned back that definitely wasn't a prinia!!! it didn't move at all on the reeds, and didn't vocalize either, just perched there for a good 1 minute and I took some photos (the angles weren't great but I could see the side of its head when it turned its head), before it flew away to another part of the reeds that was too far away. The second other bird perched was a plain prinia, I also got photos and could make a good comparison. Super cool and lucky encounter for me, I've been wanting to see a cisticola and this is my first one!!! its flight and song performance was also a joy to watch!
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