Bristled Grassbird
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| Bristled Grassbird | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | see text |
| Genus: | Chaetornis G.R. Gray, 1848 |
| Species: | C. striata |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetornis striata (Jerdon, 1841) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Chaetornis striatus |
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The Bristled Grassbird (Chaetornis striata) is a passerine bird making up the monotypic genus Chaetornis. Chaetornis striata is endemic to the Indian subcontinent, where it is patchily and locally distributed in India, Pakistan, and Nepal. Formerly described as common in at least Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal (India) and parts of Bangladesh, it has declined.
Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" family Sylviidae, its true affiliations have not been restudied. From its external morphology, it might belong to the newly-established grass warbler family Megaluridae.
[edit] References
- ^ BirdLife International (2004). Chaetornis striata. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
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