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Tawny grassbird

Megalurus timoriensis Wallace, 1864

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The tawny grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis) is a species in the family Locustellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16.8 g to 29 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Tawny grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis)
Photo: Aviceda · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the tawny grassbird

Weight
16.8 g – 29 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
2.8src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tawny grassbird live?

Not recorded

What is the tawny grassbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The tawny grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis) is a large songbird that is a member of the family Locustellidae commonly found in grassland and reedbed habitats. It is streaked above and has a distinctive rich brown cap. Its underside is paler and it has a long graduated tail. They call often with "loud, grumpy churring calls and a longer call that starts tick-tick-tick-tick and ends with an explosive descending trill".

The tawny grassbird has 10 identified sub-species found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.

From the Wikipedia article “Tawny grassbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tawny_grassbird&oldid=1358565525), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the tawny grassbird endangered?

The tawny grassbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the tawny grassbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyLocustellidae
  6. genusMegalurus
  7. SpeciesMegalurus timoriensis Wallace, 1864

Synonyms Cincloramphus timoriensis, Cincloramphus timoriensis timoriensis

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • camperol lleonatCatalan
  • cistovníkovec dlouhoocasýCzech
  • aderyn gwair melynllwydWelsh
  • Gulbrun SumpsangerDanish
  • Rostkopf-BuschsängerGerman
  • Rostkopf-SchilfsängerGerman
  • Rostkopf-SchilfsteigerGerman
  • Yerbera LeonadaSpanish
  • kaislakerttunenFinnish
  • Mégalure fauveFrench
  • smeđorepi cvrčićCroatian
  • rozsdásfejű lápiposzátaHungarian
  • Cica-koreng timurIndonesian
  • Erbarolo fulvoItalian
  • ズアカオオセッカJapanese
  • timorinis ilgauodegis žolinukasLithuanian
  • nymfesangerNorwegian Bokmål
  • Rosse GrasvogelDutch
  • krzakowik długosternyPolish
  • zwisogonek długosternyPolish
  • Тиморская длиннохвостая камышевкаRussian
  • svrkavec hnedkavýSlovak
  • rostgräsfågelSwedish
  • матата рудаUkrainian

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Relatives of the tawny grassbird

Other species in the same genus Megalurus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the tawny grassbird?

An adult tawny grassbird weighs 16.8 g – 29 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the tawny grassbird endangered?

The tawny grassbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the tawny grassbird?

The tawny grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis) belongs to the family Locustellidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tawny grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tawny-grassbird

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BibTeX
@misc{tawny_grassbird_2026,
  title = {Tawny grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tawny-grassbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}