Imperata cylindrica
Jerdon's babbler lives all-year-round near river courses, where it inhabits dense reedbeds and tall grasslands consisting of cogongrass ("Imperata cylindrica"), common reed ("Phragmites") and reedmace ("Typha") species. In Pakistan, it occurs along the Indus and its tributaries. In Punjab, India, it was recorded in Harike Wildlife Sanctuary.