Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ShrublandDomed nestSmall · 44 g

Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Forest Botial-Jarvis · cc-by

Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris), photo 6 — Photo: (c) rohanmenzies, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Vreni Gem O. Caasi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Striated Grassbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Striated Grassbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Able Lawrence · Barabanki (near Durgapur), Ayodhya Division, Uttar Pradesh, India · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Striated Grassbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Striated Grassbird

Regular range

The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

India Philippines Cambodia Thailand Bangladesh Malaysia Indonesia Myanmar (Burma) China Nepal Vietnam Laos Pakistan

About the Striated Grassbird

The striated grassbird 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.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Brown SonglarkCincloramphus cruralisMale brown songlarks are 23–25 cm long versus 18–19 cm for females and may weigh 2.3 times as much.

River WarblerLocustella fluviatilisThis is a largish warbler.

Pallas's Grasshopper WarblerHelopsaltes certhiolaThis is a medium-sized warbler.

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