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Subspecies palustris
Photo © by Jason Bugay Reyes
Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo, November 2007
Megalurus palustris

Identification

22–28 cm (8¾-11 in)

  • Long graduated tail

Distribution

Subspecies toklao
Photo © by martinuk
Yay Aye Kan, near Kalaw, Shan State, Myanmar, February 2011

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal
South Asia: Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas, Bali

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Subspecies forbesi
Photo © by Clarence1976
Crosswinds Resort, Tagaytay, Philippines, February 2019

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • M. p. toklao:
  • M. p. forbesi:
  • Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Samar and Mindanao)
  • M. p. palustris:

Habitat

Composite Flight Image - Nest to Perch
Photo © by Sumit
Kolkata City, India, March 2007

Marshland and wet grassland with reeds and mace.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of invertebrates such as spiders and many other insects and their larva.

Vocalisation


Audio © by Alok Tewari
Member of the nesting pair perched atop a dry Acacia tree and singing.
Agrarian wilderness, fallow land with crops of reed, Sultanpur village and surrounding flats, Gurugram, Haryana, India; 25 July 2024 ... 4.02 pm.


Audio © by Alok Tewari
Different call given late evening, before settling for night roost.
Agrarian wilderness, fallow land with crops of reed, Sultanpur village and surrounding flats, Gurugram, Haryana, India; 25 July 2024 ... 6.20 pm.


==References==
  1. 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/
  2. Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/CE6A2FED ]. Retrieved 22 April 2021
  3. Madge, S. (2020). Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.strgra1.01

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