The Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pellorneidae. It was formerly placed in the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae, and the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae. The species is also known as the rufous-rumped grassbird.[2]
| Indian grassbird | |
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| in Chitwan National Park, Nepal | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pellorneidae |
| Genus: | Graminicola |
| Species: | G. bengalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Graminicola bengalensis Jerdon, 1863
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Distribution and habitat
editIt occurs in tall emergent vegetation in or bordering freshwater swamps or along banks of rivers in the lowlands of Bangladesh, northern India, Bhutan and the Chitwan National Park of Nepal. It is threatened by habitat loss.[3]
The Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal represents the western limit of its distribution.[4]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Graminicola bengalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T103870362A131741770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103870362A131741770.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim (2011). Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (First ed.). London: Helm Field Guides. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-4081-2763-6.
- ^ BirdLife International (2008) Graminicola bengalensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1.
- ^ Baral, H.S., Inskipp, C. (2009) The Birds of Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. Our Nature (2009) 7: 56-81 download pdf Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Collar, N. J., Robson, C. (2007) Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Christie, D.A. (eds.) Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.