This is a family of warbler-like birds that are found mainly in Asia, Africa, and Australsia. The family is also known as Megaluridae. There are insectivorous, usuually have long tails, and are more terresterial than the "true" warblers. They were formerly placed in the "Old World Warbler" family Sylvidae.
Genus Amphilais - 1 species
Emutail,_Gray also Madagascar Grassbird Amphilais seebohmi also Dromaeocercus seebohm Found: Madagascar
Image by: 1) Jon Irvine 2) Tony Palliser 3) David Cook
Genus Bradypterus
This genus is found mainly in the warm regions of Africa around the Indian Ocean.. They are smallish birds well adapted to climbing among shrubbery. They are markedly long-tailed birds, at first glance somewhat reminiscent of wrens. They tend towards grayish browns above and buffy or light gray tones below. They have little patterning apart from the ubiquitous supercilium.
Emu-tail, Brown Bradypterus brunneus Found: Madagascar.
Image by: 1) John Anderson
Warbler,_Bamboo Bradypterus alfredi Found: Africa
Image by: 1) hbw.com
Warbler,_Bangwa Bradypterus bangwaensis Found: Cameroon, Nigeria
Image by: 1) Mark Andrews
Warbler,_Barratt's also African Scrub-Warbler Bradypterus barratti Found: southern Africa
Image by: 1) Marcel Holyoak 2) Francesco_Veronesi - South Africa
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Warbler,_Cinnamon Bracken- Bradypterus cinnamomeus Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Carol Foil
Warbler,_Dja River Swamp- Bradypterus grandis Found: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon
Image by: 1) David Hoddinott
Warbler,_Evergreen-forest Bradypterus lopezi Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Philip Stouffer 2) Nik Borrow
Warbler,_Grauer's Swamp- Bradypterus graueri Found: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda
The Grauer's Swamp-Warbler has medium dark brown upperparts; light breast with dark spots.
Image by: 1) natureuganda.org 2) Graham Ekins
Warbler,_Knysna Bradypterus sylvaticuss Found: South Africa
The Knysna Warbler has olive-brown plumage; paler underparts.
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit 2) Brendon White
Warbler,_Little Rush- also African Bush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala Found: Africa
Image by: 1, 2) Derek_Keats - South Africa 3) Francesco_Veronesi.
Warbler,_White-winged Swamp- also White-winged Scrub-Warbler Bradypterus carpalis Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Kristian Svensson 2) David Beadle 3) Nik_Borrow - Uganda
Genus Cincloramphus
Grassbird, Tawny Cincloramphus timoriensis Found: Indonesia, Philippines, Australasia
Image by: 1) Tom Tarrant - Australia 2) Geoff Whalan - Australia
Songlark, Brown Cincloramphus cruralis Found: Australia
The Brown Songlark has a dusky pale- streaked with darker brown plumage with and pale eyebrows. The underparts are brownish-white in the female, darker brown in the male. Breeding males may display a cinnamon-colour. Its eyes and bill are black, and legs gray.
Similar to: Rufous Songlark. Male Brown Songlarks are much larger than Rufous Songlarks. Female Brown Songlarks lack the rufous rump of the Rufous Songlark female.
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1) Neville Lazarus 2, 3) Laurie_BoyleSimilar to: Rufous Songlark. Male Brown Songlarks are much larger than Rufous Songlarks. Female Brown Songlarks lack the rufous rump of the Rufous Songlark female.
Songlark,_Rufous Cincloramphus mathewsi Found: Australia
The Rufous Songlark has streaks on its feathers. It has a dark line through its eye, a pale eyebrow and pale underparts, and a rufous upper tail and rump.
Similar to: Brown Songlark. Male Brown Songlarks are much larger than Rufous Songlarks. Female Brown Songlarks lack the rufous rump of the Rufous Songlark female.
Image by: 1, 3) David Cook- Australian Capital Territory, Australia 2) Aviceda 4) Laurie_BoyleSimilar to: Brown Songlark. Male Brown Songlarks are much larger than Rufous Songlarks. Female Brown Songlarks lack the rufous rump of the Rufous Songlark female.
Thicketbird, Bougainville Cincloramphus llaneae Found: New Guinea
The Bougainville Thicketbird, Guadalcanal Thicketbird, and New Britain Thicketbird were formerly considered conspecific.
Image by:
1) Bruce Beehler
Thickbird, Buff-banded also Buff-banded Bushbird Cincloramphus bivittata Found: Indonesia, East Timor
Image by: 1) James Eaton
Thicketbird, Long-legged Cincloramphus rufa Found: Fiji
The Long-legged Thicketbird has reddish-brown upperparts; mainly white underparts; dark eye-line.
Image by:
1) Patrick Pilacha
Thicketbird, Melanesian also Guadalcanal Thicketbird Cincloramphus whitneyi Found: Guadacanal and nearby island
The Bougainville Thicketbird, Guadalcanal Thicketbird, and New Britain Thicketbird were formerly considered conspecific.
Image by:
1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) hbw.com
Thicketbird,_New Britain also Bismark Thicketbird Cincloramphus grosvenori Found: Bismarck Archipelago (northeast of New Guinea)
The Bougainville Thicketbird, Guadalcanal Thicketbird, and New Britain Thicketbird were formerly considered conspecific.
Image by:
1) taenos.com
Thickbird, New Caledonian also New Caledonian Grassbird Cincloramphus mariei Found: New Caldonia (east of Australia)
The New Caledobuab Grassbird has olive-brown upperparts, crown; creamy-white underparts.
Image by:
1) Josephe Huet
Genus Elaphrornis - 1 species
Warbler,_Sri Lanka Bush- Elaphrornis palliseri Found: Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Bush-Warbler has brown upperparts; pale gray underparts; broad tail; short wings; weak supercilium.
Image by: 1) Steve Garvie 2) Dave Irving
Genus Locustella
These rather drab brownish "warblers" are usually associated with fairly open grassland, shrubs or marshes. Some are streaked, others plain, all are difficult to view. They are insectivorous. The most characteristic feature of this group is that the song of several species is a mechanical insect-like reeling which gives rise to the group's scientific name.
Grassbird, Marsh Locustella pryeri Found: Asia
Image by: 1) McBride 2) Vivek Tiwari
Warbler,_Baikal Bush- Locustella davidi Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Deborshee Gogoi
Warbler,_Benguet Bush- also Philippine Bush-Warbler Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) tebanwuds
Warbler,_Brown Bush- Locustella luteoventris Found: southern Asia
Image by: 1) Gustav Mützel 2) Ron Knight
Warbler,_Chestnut-backed Bush- Locustella castanea Found: Indonesia
The Chestnut-backed Bush-Warbler has reddish-brown upperparts; pale gray supercilium, throat, chin; deeper gray breast; varying shades of brown on belly.
Image by: 1) AS Kono
Warbler,_Chinese Bush- Locustella tacsanowskia Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Otgonbayar Baatargal 2) Sergey_Yeliseev
Warbler,_Common Grasshopper- Locustella naevia Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
The Common Grasshopper-Warbler has pale olive-brown upperparts; grayish cheeks; cream-colored or yellowish-buff underparts..
Image by: 1) Stefan Hage 2) Steve Garvie - Scotland 3) Sergey_Yeliseev
Warbler,_Eurasian River Locustella fluviatilis Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
The Eurasian River Warbler has unstreaked gray-brown upperparts; whitish underparts with faint streaking on breast.
Image by: 1) Lasse Olsson 2) Sergey Yeliseev - Moscow region
Warbler,_Friendly Bush- Locustella accentor Found: Borneo
Image by: 1) James Eaton
Warbler,_Gray's Grasshopper- also Gray's Warbler Locustella fasciolata Found: western Siberia, Korea wintering in southeast Asia
The Gray's Grasshopper-Warbler has unstreaked olive-brown upperparts; gray breast; buff belly.
Image by: 1) Herman_Mays - Taiwan 2) Sergey Yeliseev - Russia 3) LonelyShrimp
Warbler,_Javan Bush- Locustella montis Found: Java (Indonesia)
Image by: 1) Rusman Budi Prasetyo 2) James Eaton 3) Francesco_Veronesi
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Warbler,_Lanceolated Locustella lanceolata Found: Europe (occasional), Asia
The Lanceolated Warbler has streaked brown upperparts; whitish gray underparts.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Dave Curtis - Scotland 4) Hiyashi_Haka
Warbler,_Long-billed Bush- Locustella major Found: China, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan
Image by: warbler king - China
Warbler,_Long-tailed Bush- Locustella caudata Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Pete Simpson 2) Nilo Arribas 3) Charlie_Davies.
Warbler,_Middendorff's Grasshopper- Locustella ochotensis Found: Asia, Indonesia, Philippines
The Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler hss brown upperparts; pale-creamy supercilim.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) Skip Russell - Alaska
Warbler,_Pallas's Grasshopper- Locustella certhiola Found: east Asia, Indonesia
The Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler has streaked brown upperparts; whitish gray underparts; white tips to tail..
Image by: 1, 2) JM Garg 3) Sergey_Yeliseev
Warbler,_Pleske's Grasshopper- also Styan's G. W. Locustella pleskei Found: Asia
Image by: 1, 2) Melanie and Kyle Elliott - Japan
Warbler,_Russet Bush- Locustella mandelli Found: China, Indonesia
The Russet Bush-Warbler is similar to the Sichuan Bush-Warbler.
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Warbler,_Sakhalin Grasshopper- Locustella amnicola Found: Japan
The Sakhalin Grasshopper-Warbler has unstreaked olive-brown upperparts; gray breast; buff belly.
Image by: 1) Hiyashi_Haka 2) Bjorn Anderson 
Warbler,_Savi's Locustella luscinioides Found: southern Europe, western Asia, northern Africa
The Savi's Warbler has unstreaked gray-brown upperparts; whitish=gray underparts with no streaking.
Image by: 1) Ron Knight - Belarus 2, 3) Sergey Yeliseev - Moscow region
Warbler,_Sichuan Bush- Locustella chengi Found: China
Image by: 1) Bo Dai 2) Paul Leader 3) Per Alstrom
Warbler,_Taiwan Bush- Locustella alishanensis Found: Taiwan
Image by: 1, 2) Hiyashi Halso 3) Mikael Bauer
Warbler,_Timor Bush- Locustella timorensis Found: Indonesia
Image by: 1) Rob Hutchinson
Warbler,_West Himalayan Bush- also Spotted Bush-Warbler Locustella kashmirensis Found: northwestern Himalayas
The Spotted Bush-Warbler is also treated as a separate species.
Image by: 1) Holla
Genus Malia - 1 species
Malia Malia grata Found: Sulawesi of Indonesia
Image by: 1) Arie Frahman
Genus Megalurulus
Thicketbird, Rusty Megalurulus rubiginosus Found: New Guinea
Image by: 1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) Joseph Smit
Genus Megalurus
The genus contains six species also known as the typical grassbirds. They are distributed from northern China and Japan, to India in the west, and Australia in the south, with most species being located wholly or partly in the tropics. The typical grassbirds are medium sized warblers with short rounded wings and long graduated tails, which are often worn. The plumage is brown overall, lighter on the belly and throat, with black streaks on the back. All species have a whitish line above the eye, and some have light streaking on the chest. Pairs or individual birds forage in dense vegetation. They are generally shy and seldom fly, instead forage mostly by clambering up reeds and grasses. When they do fly it is generally low to the ground and only for a few meters.
Grassbird, Striated Megalurus palustris Found: Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia; Philippines
Image by: 1, 2) JM Garg
Fernbird also New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus Found: New Zealand
The Fernbird has rich brown upperparts; white underparts with brown spots on throat and breast.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) Yani Dubin 3) Josep del Hoyo 
Grassbird, Fly River Poodytes albolimbatus Found: New Guinea
Image by: 1) Katerina Tvardikova 2) hbw.com
Grassbird,_Little Poodytes gramineus Found: Australasia
Image by: 1) I Am birdsaspoetry.com 2) Friends of Aldinga Scrub 3) Laurie_Boyle 4) JJ Harrison - Tasmania, Australia
Spinifexbird Poodytes carteri Found: spinifex regions of Australia
The Spinifexbird tends to be solitary, nonmigratory. Its diet comprises a variety of insects and seeds collected in porcupine grass.
Image by: 1, 2) Brian_McCauley 3) Summerdrought 
Genus Robsonius
These Ground-Warblers spend most of the time on the ground and can barely fly.
Warbler,_Bicol Ground- also Gray-banded Babbler Robsonius sorsogonensis Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) hbw.com
Warbler,_Cordillera Ground- also Rabor's Babbler Robsonius rabori Found: Philippines
The Cordillera Ground-Warbler has rusty-chestnut head; thin whitish eye-ring; white throat; medium gray breast; whitish belly; brown wing.
Image by: 1) Pineda 
Warbler,_Sierra Madre Ground- Robsonius thompsoni Found: Philippines
The Sierre Madre Ground-Warbler was dtermined in 2013 to bea separate species from the Cordillera Ground-Warbler which has more distint scale-like patterns on the breast.
Image by: 1) Pineda
Genus Schoenicola
Grassbird,_Broad-tailed Schoenicola platyurus Found: India
The Broad-tailed Grassbifd has brown upperparts; paler underparts; broad tail.
Image by: 1) Madhukar 2) Peshaveas 3) Madhukar_Bangalore 
Grassbird, Fan-tailed Schoenicola brevirostris Found: Africa
Image by: 1, 2) Alan Manson - South Africa
