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- Graminicola striatus
Identification
Distribution
From Burma to Thailand, Vietnam and southern China.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies:
- G. s. striatus - Known from Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Hainan. Has declined drastically in much of this range, and no modern records
- G. s. sinicus - southern China (Guangxi and Guangdong) and Hong Kong. Rarely reported now away from Hong Kong.
It was formerly included in Rufous-rumped Grassbird.
Habitat
A grassland specialist, known from wet lowland grasslands in most of range but largely restricted to hill grasslands (over 500m) in Hong Kong
Behaviour
References
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.11). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chinese Grassbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chinese_Grassbird
