- Poodytes gramineus
Megalurus gramineus
Identification
Grey-brown head with a pale eyebrow, chin and throat and the crown and cheeks are streaked dark grey. The upper body is brown-grey, streaked dark grey, the dark wing feathers are edged with white and the paler grey underbody is also streaked. Young birds are more uniform grey with finer streaking.
Distribution
Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Four subspecies are recognized:
- P. g. papuensis - Western New Guinea (Wissel Lakes region)
- P. g. goulburni - Eastern half of Australia (except Cape York Peninsula)
- P. g. gramineus - Tasmania, King and Flinders Islands (Bass Strait)
- P. g. thomasi - Southwest Western Australia (Shark Bay to Esperance)
Habitat
Swamps and marshes including samphire in saltmarsh.
Behaviour
Diet includes insects and other small arthropods.
It builds a deep cup nest of reeds and coarse grasses, lined with feathers, hidden in thick reedy vegetation.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Little Grassbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Little_Grassbird
External Links
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