Striated grassbird
| Striated grassbird | |
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| In Kolkata, West Bengal, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Locustellidae |
| Genus: | Megalurus Horsfield, 1821 |
| Species: | M. palustris
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| Binomial name | |
| Megalurus palustris Horsfield, 1821
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The striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris) is an "Old World warbler" species in the family Locustellidae. It was formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is now the only species placed in the genus Megalurus.
It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Noisy and conspicuous, often sitting and calling exposed on tops of grasses, bushes and telephone wires. Note streaked crown and streaked upper breast.[2]
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for
Least Concern.[3]
The genus Megalurus formerly included additional species. A comprehensive
monophyletic. In the resulting reorganization, five species were moved to the resurrected genus Poodytes and four species were moved to Cincloramphus, leaving only the striated grassbird in Megalurus.[4][5]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Striated Grassbird | Bird Gallery | Birdwatch.ph".
- ^ "Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris) - BirdLife species factsheet".
- S2CID 4645834.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas, allies". IOC World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 August 2019.