Grassbirds and Allies
Locustellidae
Locustellidae is a newly recognized family of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers"), formerly placed in the Old World warbler "wastebin" family. It contains the grass warblers, grassbirds, and the Bradypterus "bush warblers". These birds occur mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. The family name is sometimes given as Megaluridae, but Locustellidae has priority.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 66 known species
Locustellid Bush Warblers and Allies
genusLocustella
Songlarks, Thicketbirds, and Allies
genusCincloramphus
Fernbirds and Allies
genusPoodytes
Asian Grasshopper Warblers
genusHelopsaltes
Megalurus
genusMegalurus
Bradypterus Warblers
genusBradypterus
Wide-tailed Grassbirds
genusSchoenicola
Catriscus
genusCatriscus
Sri Lanka Bush Warblers
genusElaphrornis
Malia
genusMalia
Ground-Warblers
genusRobsonius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 200984.