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Grasshopper warblers, grassbirds and allies | Locustellidae

Sprinkhaanzangers | Buscarlas

Native species 6 species

Species that occur here by nature: breeding birds, winter visitors and passage migrants. They are arranged by genus, in the sequence of the list.

Cincloramphus 3 species

  • Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

    Brown Songlark

    Cincloramphus cruralis
    • Mitchell grass downs
    • Chenopod shrubland
    • Cropland and orchard
    • Pasture and rangeland
  • Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi)

    Rufous Songlark

    Cincloramphus mathewsi
    • Tropical eucalypt savanna
    • Dry sclerophyll forest and woodland
    • Pasture and rangeland
    • Cropland and orchard
    • River red gum and creek-line woodland
  • Tawny Grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis)

    Tawny Grassbird

    Cincloramphus timoriensis
    • Freshwater marsh and reedbed
    • Paperbark swamp forest
    • Tropical eucalypt savanna
    • Pasture and rangeland
    • Cropland and orchard

Poodytes 3 species

  • Spinifexbird (Poodytes carteri)

    Spinifexbird

    Poodytes carteri
    • Spinifex hummock grassland
    • Sand dune desert
    • Rock, cliff and scree
  • Little Grassbird (Poodytes gramineus)

    Little Grassbird

    Poodytes gramineus
    • Freshwater marsh and reedbed
    • Lakes, ponds and reservoirs
    • Samphire and saltmarsh
    • Rivers and creeks
    • Landfill and wastewater
  • New Zealand Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus)

    New Zealand Fernbird

    Poodytes punctatus
    • Freshwater marsh and reedbed
    • Peat bog, pakihi and sedgeland
    • Manuka and matagouri scrub
    • Samphire and saltmarsh
    NE

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