Indian grassbird

The Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pellorneidae. It was formerly placed in the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae, and the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae.

Indian grassbird
in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Graminicola
Species:
G. bengalensis
Binomial name
Graminicola bengalensis
Jerdon, 1863

Distribution and habitat

It occurs in tall emergent vegetation in or bordering freshwater swamps or along banks of rivers in the lowlands of Bangladesh, northern India, Bhutan and the Chitwan National Park of Nepal. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

The Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal represents the western limit of its distribution.[3]

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References
  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Graminicola bengalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. BirdLife International (2008) Graminicola bengalensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1.
  3. Baral, H.S., Inskipp, C. (2009) The Birds of Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. Our Nature (2009) 7: 56-81 download pdf Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  • Collar, N. J., Robson, C. (2007) Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Christie, D.A. (eds.) Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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