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WetlandDomed nestTiny · 14 g
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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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When to see the Little Grassbird
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Little Grassbird
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Little Grassbird
The little grassbird is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is found in Australia and in West Papua, Indonesia. These sexually monomorphic birds are found in reed beds, rushes, lignum swamps and salt marshes of Southeastern Australia.
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Easily confused with
New Zealand FernbirdPoodytes punctatusThe adult has a brown plumage streaked in black.
SpinifexbirdPoodytes carteriIt has a rich brown cap, golden brown streaked wings, and a long tail.
Fly River GrassbirdPoodytes albolimbatusThe Fly River grassbird is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.
Side by side: Little Grassbird vs New Zealand Fernbird
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