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 LC    Madagascar Grassbird* Id (Atlas):
    Amphilais seebohmi

Description (10)
Image of Madagascar Grassbird
 

Other Names (World)
Madagascar Grassbird, Grey Emu-tail, Gray Emutail, Madagascan Grassbird, Seebohm's Emu-tail, Feather-tailed Warbler

Family
Locustellidae (Grasshopper-warblers And Grassbirds)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1879)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland and shrubland. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)
Madagascar.

Mountains of eastern Madagascar.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly included in genus Dromaeocercus on account of similarity of tail structure to that of Brown Emu-tail (Bradypterus brunneus) but other morphological features, however, suggest affinity with grassbird subfamily Megalurinae, rather than with bush-warblers subfamily Acrocephalinae.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Madagascar Grassbird (Amphilais seebohmi) - 10 files


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