Family

Locustellidae

15 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Locustellidae

Bristled Grassbird

Chaetornis striata (Jerdon, 1841)

Chaetornis striata, the bristled grassbird, is a streaked brown warbler found in northern Indian subcontinent tall grass marshes.

Little Rush-Warbler

Bradypterus baboecala (Vieillot, 1817)

Bradypterus baboecala is an Old World warbler in Locustellidae that lives in African swamps across many African countries.

Brown Songlark

Megalurus cruralis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

Megalurus cruralis, the brown songlark, is a size-dimorphic nomadic Australian grassland songbird listed as least concern.

Rufous Songlark

Megalurus mathewsi (Iredale, 1911)

Megalurus mathewsi, the rufous songlark, is a streaked Australian migratory passerine songbird.

Megalurus timoriensis Wallace, 1864

The tawny grassbird is a medium-sized Australian grassbird, distinguished from the little grassbird by larger size and more rufous plumage.

River Warbler

Locustella fluviatilis (Wolf, 1810)

Locustella fluviatilis, the river warbler, is a largish insectivorous skulking Old World warbler that is a rare vagrant far outside its range.

Lanceolated Warbler

Locustella lanceolata (Temminck, 1840)

Locustella lanceolata, the lanceolated warbler, is a small migratory Old World warbler that breeds across the northern Palearctic and winters in Southeast Asia.

Savi's Warbler

Locustella luscinioides (Savi, 1824)

Savi's warbler is a small brown passerine found in reed-dominated wetland habitats across Eurasia and North Africa.

Common Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella naevia (Boddaert, 1783)

Locustella naevia, the common grasshopper warbler, is a small secretive Eurasian migratory warbler named for its distinctive reeling song.

Striated Grassbird

Megalurus palustris Horsfield, 1821

Striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris) is a Locustellidae Old World warbler found across South and Southeast Asia, currently rated Least Concern.

Little Grassbird

Megalurus gramineus (Gould, 1845)

Megalurus gramineus, the little grassbird, is a small streaked bird found across Australia and in rare occurrences in West Papua.

New Zealand Fernbird

Poodytes punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Poodytes punctatus, the New Zealand fernbird, is a small insectivorous wetland bird that is now rare in New Zealand.

Pleske's Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella pleskei Taczanowski, 1890

Styan's grasshopper warbler is a Locustellidae Old World warbler species threatened by habitat loss.

Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella ochotensis (Middendorff, 1853)

Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Locustella ochotensis) is a small bird with specific plumage and song traits, living in waterside forests and scrubwoods.