Chinese grassbird
| Chinese grassbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pellorneidae |
| Genus: | Graminicola |
| Species: | G. striatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Graminicola striatus Styan, 1892
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The Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus) is a bird species in the family Pellorneidae. It was formerly placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae and the babbler family Timaliidae.
Distribution and habitat[]
It occurs in tall emergent vegetation in or bordering freshwater swamps or along banks of rivers in the lowlands of southeastern China, Bangladesh, southeastern Myanmar, south-central Thailand, Cambodia, northeastern Vietnam, and Hainan Island. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Graminicola striatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T103870381A185528212. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T103870381A185528212.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ BirdLife International (2008) Graminicola bengalensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1.
- 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Graminicola
- Birds of China
- Birds of Bangladesh
- Birds of South China
- Birds of Hong Kong
- Birds of Hainan
- Birds of Southeast Asia
- Birds described in 1882
- Taxa named by Frederick William Styan