Little Grassbird vs New Zealand Fernbird

Little Grassbird

Poodytes gramineus

Tiny14 gWetland

It is an olive-brown/ brown-grey bird, measuring 13 to 15 cm, with a pale eyebrow and dark grey streaks in the throat, crown and cheeks. The upper body is brown-grey, streaked dark grey and the lighter grey underparts are also streaky. The wing feathers are dark with white edges. Adult male and female grassbirds are indistinguishable to the naked eye; however, males are larger for all parameters aside from the bill. The Slater Field Guide notes that the voice is a "plaintive three noted monotone, tee-ti-teee.

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Photo: John Manger, CSIRO · CC BY 3.0

New Zealand Fernbird

Poodytes punctatus

Small25 gShrubland

The adult has a brown plumage streaked in black. The head, the upperparts and the brown wings are streaked blackish. The long graduated tail is a duller brown, with the rectrices darker. On the underparts, the chin, throat, breast and abdomen are whitish, finely mottled and also streaked blackish on the breast. The flanks, the sides of the chest and the subcaudal covers are brown and streaked blackish, more clearly on the flanks. On the head, the forehead and cap are brown. The presence of a whitish eyebrow may be more or less clear.

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Photo: Archie · CC BY 4.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Little Grassbird and New Zealand Fernbird.