Little Grassbird

Poodytes gramineus - Mégalure menue

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Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Locustellidés

  • Genus
    :

    Poodytes

  • Species
    :

    gramineus

Descriptor

Gould, 1845

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 16 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

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adult

Little Grassbird (Poodytes gramineus) is a species of bird in the Locustellidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Poodytes gramineus gramineus (Tasmania and islands in the Bass Strait)
  • Poodytes gramineus papuensis (New Guinea)
  • Poodytes gramineus goulburni (e Australia)
  • Poodytes gramineus thomasi (sw Australia)

Foreign names

  • Mégalure menue,
  • Yerbera chica,
  • capineirinho,
  • Zwergschilfsänger,
  • törpelápiposzáta,
  • Dwerggrasvogel,
  • Erbarolo minore,
  • mindre gräsfågel,
  • Tussoksanger,
  • svrkavec trávový,
  • cistovníkovec malý,
  • Lille Sumpsanger,
  • suokaislakerttunen,
  • camperol menut,
  • kępaczek trzcinowy,
  • Карликовая котата,
  • Cica-koreng kecil,
  • シマオオセッカ,
  • 姬蝗莺,
  • mindre gräsfågel,
  • 稚大尾鶯,

Voice song and call

Habitat

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Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Shrub Dominated Wetlands, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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