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Little Grassbird
Poodytes gramineus (Gould, 1845)
Locustellidae — Grassbirds & Allies
Little Grassbird, Poodytes gramineus, is a passerine of the Locustellidae family found in Australia and in West Papua, Indonesia, with breeding recorded in Australasia from Paniai Lake in western New Guinea to Australia, except the west-central and northern parts. It lives in reed beds, rushes, lignum swamps and salt marshes in south-eastern Australia. It is an unobtrusive bird that is heard more often than seen, and it is noted for readily engaging in conversation with people.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Locustellidae — Grassbirds & Allies
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Paniai Lake, w New Guinea and Australia (except wc, n)
