Tawny grassbird

De tawny grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis) be a large songbird dat be a member of de family Locustellidae commonly found insyd grassland den reedbed habitats. E be streaked above den has a distinctive rich brown cap. Ein underside be paler den e dey have a long graduated tail. They call often plus "loud, grumpy churring calls den a longer call dat starts tick-tick-tick-tick and ends plus an explosive descending trill".

De tawny grassbird has 10 identified sub-species found insyd Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea den de Philippines.

 Taxonomy 
De family Locustellidae be named by Bonaparte insyd 1854 den be derived from de genus name Locustella named by Kemp insyd 1829. De term "grassbird" be used by Gould during de mid 19th century to signify a strong correlation to long grass habitats. De tawny grassbird has sana been known as tawny sphenoeacus, grassbird, tawny or rufous-capped marshbird, rufous-capped grass-warbler den rufous-capped grassbird. Grass-warbler tends to be used insyd Asia rather than Australia. Genetic studies indicate a close relationship to songlarks.

De tawny grassbird has 10 identified subspecies

 Cincloramphus timoriensis timoriensis (Timor, Lesser Sundas.)
 Cincloramphus timoriensis tweeddalei (n and c Philippines)
 Cincloramphus timoriensis alopex (Bohol, Leyte and Cebu, c Philippines.)
 Cincloramphus timoriensis amboinensis (Ambon, s Moluccas)
 Cincloramphus timoriensis crex (s Philippines)
 Cincloramphus timoriensis mindorensis (Mindoro, nw Philippines.)
 Cincloramphus timoriensis celebensis (Sulawesi)
 Cincloramphus timoriensis inquirendus (Sumba, Lesser Sundas.)
 Cincloramphus timoriensis muscalis (s New Guinea)
 Cincloramphus timoriensis alisteri (n and e Australia)

De sub-species  Cincloramphus timoriensis alisteri has been divided into Cincloramphus timoriensis alisteri (alisteri) located insyd Eastern Australia den Cincloramphus timoriensis alisteri (oweni) located insyd Northern Australia.

While de family name Locustellidae is generally dey accept some authorities place de tawny grassbird insyd dde family Sylviidae. Sana de genus name Cincloramphus be normally used but megalurus sana be commonly used.

 References 

 External links 

 Birdlife International, Species factsheet.

Category:Cincloramphus
Category:Birds of Australia
Category:Birds of the Philippines
Category:Birds of Wallacea
Category:Birds of southern New Guinea
Category:Birds dem describe insyd 1864