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Photo by Biju.P.B
Ponmudi Hills, Kerala, South India, May 2011

Schoenicola platyurus

Identification

18cm

Grasslands of south-western India (Western Ghats from Mysore to Kerala).

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Grassy highlands. moist shrubland and swamps, 900-2,000m.

Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
Avibase
BirdLife International

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Broad-tailed Grassbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Broad-tailed_Grassbird

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+[[Image:DSC 7894.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Biju.P.B|Biju.P.B}}<br />Ponmudi Hills, Kerala, South [[India]], May 2011 ]]
+;[[:Category:Schoenicola|Schoenicola]] platyura
+''Schoenicola platyurus''
 ==Identification==
+cm<br />
+*Rufous brown upperparts
+*White underparts
+*Buff supercilium
+*Broad long tail with thin dark bars
 ==Distribution==
+Grasslands of south-western [[India]] (Western Ghats from Mysore to Kerala).
 ==Taxonomy==
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 ==Habitat==
+Grassy highlands. moist shrubland and swamps, 900-2,000m.
 ==Behaviour==
-==Bird Song==
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#Avibase
+#BirdLife International
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-{{GSearch|Schoenicola+platyura}}
+{{GSearch|Schoenicola+platyur}}
-[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]]
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Schoenicola]]