Brown Songlark
Megalurus cruralis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Status not recordedsongbirds
The brown songlark (Megalurus cruralis) is a species in the family Locustellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 32.3 g to 74.8 g.
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Quick facts about the brown songlark
- Weight
- 32.3 g – 74.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.3src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the brown songlark live?
Not recorded
Is the brown songlark endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the brown songlark classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLocustellidae
- genusMegalurus
- SpeciesMegalurus cruralis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Synonyms Cincloramphus cruralis, Cincloramphus cruralis clelandi, Cincloramphus cruralis rogersi, Cinclorhamphus cruralis
Other names and names in other languages (17)
- camperol bruCatalan
- palašník hnědýCzech
- Sodbrun LærkesangerDanish
- Schwarzbauch-LerchensängerGerman
- Yerbera PardaSpanish
- isokiurukerttuFinnish
- Mégalure bruneFrench
- feketehasú pacsirtaposzátaHungarian
- Lodola canterina brunaItalian
- ヒバリモドキJapanese
- rudasis vieversinis giesmininkasLithuanian
- brunlerkesangerNorwegian Bokmål
- Roetbruine GrasvogelDutch
- rolak ciemnyPolish
- Бурый жаворонковый певунRussian
- svrkavec čiernobruchýSlovak
- brun lärksångareSwedish
Relatives of the brown songlark
Other species in the same genus Megalurus.
Striated grassbird
Megalurus palustris
Tawny grassbird
Megalurus timoriensis
Fly river grassbird
Megalurus albolimbatus
Spinifexbird
Megalurus carteri
Little grassbird
Megalurus gramineus
CompareBrown Songlark vs Striated grassbirdBrown Songlark vs Tawny grassbirdBrown Songlark vs Megalurus macrurusBrown Songlark vs Fly river grassbird
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the brown songlark?
An adult brown songlark weighs 32.3 g – 74.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the brown songlark?
The brown songlark (Megalurus cruralis) belongs to the family Locustellidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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