Chinese grassbird
Graminicola striatus Styan, 1892
The chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus) is a species in the family Pellorneidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 14.6 g to 14.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
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Quick facts about the chinese grassbird
- Weight
- 14.6 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the chinese grassbird live?
Not recorded
What is the chinese grassbird?
The Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus) is a bird species in the family Pellorneidae. It was formerly placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae and the babbler family Timaliidae.
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Is the chinese grassbird endangered?
The chinese grassbird is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species.
How is the chinese grassbird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPellorneidae
- genusGraminicola
- SpeciesGraminicola striatus Styan, 1892
Synonyms Graminicola stratus
Other names and names in other languages (28)
- Chinese grass-babblerEnglish
- graminícola de la XinaCatalan
- Kinesisk GræssangerDanish
- ChinagrasdrosslingGerman
- stria pelorneoEsperanto
- Yerbera chinaSpanish
- Graminicole de ChineFrench
- širokorepi drozdaljCroatian
- チュウゴクコシアカセッカJapanese
- चिनियाँ घाँसेचरीNepali
- Chinese GrasrietzangerDutch
- kinagrastimalNorwegian Nynorsk
- kinagresstimalNorwegian
- trawiarek kreskowanyPolish
- erveira-chinesaPortuguese
- felosa-do-capim-chinesaPortuguese
- Китайская длиннохвосткаRussian
- stebliar močiarnySlovak
- kinesisk grästimaliaSwedish
- சீனப் புல்குருவிTamil
- นกพงหญ้าThai
- Çin OtkuşuTurkish
- кущавниця болотянаUkrainian
- Chích đuôi dàiVietnamese
- 大草鶯Chinese
- 中华草鹛Chinese
- 中國大草鶯Chinese
- 中華草鶥Chinese
Relatives of the chinese grassbird
Other species in the same genus Graminicola.
Indian grassbird
Graminicola bengalensis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the chinese grassbird?
An adult chinese grassbird weighs 14.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the chinese grassbird endangered?
The chinese grassbird is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the chinese grassbird?
The chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus) belongs to the family Pellorneidae 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). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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