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Revision as of 18:36, 26 August 2016

Photo by Jugal Tiwari
Kutch, Gujarat, India, September 2010
Chaetornis striatus

Chaetornis striata

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. <flashmp3>Bristled_Grassbird.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Recording by Alok Tewari
Dist. Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Aug.-2016
Call given by one individual from tree-top perch.


References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BirdLife International

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