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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
20 cm.   Buffy-brown, dark streaks, short, thick bill.
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20 cm.<br />
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*Buffy-brown
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*Dark streaks
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*Short, thick bill  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[India]], [[Nepal]], and [[Pakistan]].
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Patchily distributed in the Indian subcontinent: found in [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]] and [[India]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Monotypic.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Tall grassland, reeds, riverine, swamps, thorny scrub or ricefields.  
 
Tall grassland, reeds, riverine, swamps, thorny scrub or ricefields.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Song''': ''trew-treuw'' usually given in circular display flight.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#BirdLife International
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Chaetornis+striatus}}  
 
{{GSearch|Chaetornis+striatus}}  
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Chaetornis]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Chaetornis]]

Revision as of 16:21, 2 August 2010

Chaetornis striatus

Identification

20 cm.

  • Buffy-brown
  • Dark streaks
  • Short, thick bill

Distribution

Patchily distributed in the Indian subcontinent: found in Nepal, Pakistan and India.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Tall grassland, reeds, riverine, swamps, thorny scrub or ricefields.

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Song: trew-treuw usually given in circular display flight.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. BirdLife International

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