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Species of Thailand

Chinese grass babbler

Graminicola striatus, Frederick William Styan, 1892

(In Thai: นกพงหญ้า)

The Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus) is a bird species in the family Pellorneidae. It was formerly placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae and the babbler family Timaliidae.

Distribution and habitat

It occurs in tall emergent vegetation in or bordering freshwater swamps or along banks of rivers in the lowlands of southeastern China, Bangladesh, southeastern Myanmar, south-central Thailand, Cambodia, northeastern Vietnam, and Hainan Island. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Category / Seasonal Status

Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Extirpated

BCST Categories

  • Not recorded in wild in last 50 years
  • Previously published records questionable owing to possibility of mistaken identification

BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident

Site notes

This species is extirpared in Thailand.

Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pellorneidae
Genus
Graminicola
Species
Graminicola striatus

Common names

  • Thai: นกพงหญ้า

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN3.1)

Vulnerable (IUCN3.1)

Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)

Near Threatened (BirdLife)

Extinct (IUCN3.1)

Extinct (ONEP)

Extinct (IUCN3.1)

Extinct (BCST)

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