Tawny Grassbird

Cincloramphus timoriensis(Wallace, 1864)

Native

Order: PASSERIFORMES
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Cincloramphus

Commonness: Very common
Best seen: Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The tawny grassbird 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".

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range: OR, AU : Philippines, Sulawesi, Ambon (central Moluccas), central and east Lesser Sundas, south-central New Guinea and north and east Australia

03 · When