Broad-tailed Grassbird
Schoenicola platyurus(Jerdon, TC, 1841)
English (US) Broad-tailed Grassbird
The Broad-tailed Grassbird (Schoenicola platyurus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Locustellidae (Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: grassland of southwestern India (Western Ghats from Mysore to Kerala)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Schoenicola platyurus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Broad-tailed Grassbird
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1841)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Thimalia platyura
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1841)
- Type locality
- Goodaloor, foot of the Neilgherries (= Nilgiris).
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 13, pt.1, no.30 p.170
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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