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Male : breeding
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Gurgaon Rural, Haryana, India, 23 August 2016

Chaetornis striatus

Chaetornis striata

Identification

20 cm.

• Buffy-brown
• Dark streaks
• Short, thick bill
• Bill of breeding male black with black interior of mouth and dark grey facial skin

Distribution

Patchily distributed in the Indian subcontinent: found in Nepal, Pakistan and India.

Taxonomy

Breeding female carrying food
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Dist. Gurgaon, India, 23 August 2016

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Tall grassland, reeds, riverine, swamps, thorny scrub or ricefields.

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Song: trew-treuw usually given in circular display flight. Listen in an external program
Recording by Alok Tewari
Dist. Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Aug.-2016
Call given by one individual from tree-top perch.

Showing set of 5 bristles in front of eye
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Dist. Gurgaon, India, 23 August 2016

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. BirdLife International
3. Dscriptive notes : https://www.hbw.com/species/bristled-grassbird-chaetornis-striata#Descriptive_notes

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bristled Grassbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bristled_Grassbird

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