Fly river grassbird
Megalurus albolimbatus (Albertis & Salvadori, 1879)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The fly river grassbird (Megalurus albolimbatus) is a species in the family Locustellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 14 g.
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Quick facts about the fly river grassbird
- Weight
- 14 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the fly river grassbird live?
Not recorded
Is the fly river grassbird 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 fly river grassbird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLocustellidae
- genusMegalurus
- SpeciesMegalurus albolimbatus (Albertis & Salvadori, 1879)
Synonyms Poodytes albolimbatus
Other names and names in other languages (21)
- Fly river grass warblerEnglish
- Fly river grass warblerEnglish
- camperol del riu FlyCatalan
- cistovníkovec bělobřichýCzech
- aderyn gwair yr Afon FlyWelsh
- Ny Guinea-sumpsangerDanish
- Weißflügel-SchilfsteigerGerman
- Yerbera del FlySpanish
- uudenguineankaislakerttunenFinnish
- Mégalure à ventre blancFrench
- fehérszárnyú lápiposzátaHungarian
- Cica-koreng mahkota-polosIndonesian
- Erbarolo del FlyItalian
- パプアオオセッカJapanese
- baltasparnis ilgauodegis žolinukasLithuanian
- flomsangerNorwegian Bokmål
- WitvleugelgrasvogelDutch
- kępaczek bagiennyPolish
- Белокрылая длиннохвостая камышевкаRussian
- svrkavec vábivýSlovak
- flygräsfågelSwedish
Relatives of the fly river grassbird
Other species in the same genus Megalurus.
Striated grassbird
Megalurus palustris
Tawny grassbird
Megalurus timoriensis
Spinifexbird
Megalurus carteri
Little grassbird
Megalurus gramineus
Brown Songlark
Megalurus cruralis
CompareFly river grassbird vs Striated grassbirdFly river grassbird vs Tawny grassbirdFly river grassbird vs Megalurus macrurusFly river grassbird vs Spinifexbird
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the fly river grassbird?
An adult fly river grassbird weighs 14 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the fly river grassbird?
The fly river grassbird (Megalurus albolimbatus) 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 - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - 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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