Indian Grass-babbler (Rufous‑rumped Grassbird) Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Turdinus brevicaudata
Family : Pellorneidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Grasslands
Description : The Rofous-rumped Grassbird is a streaked rufous-brown passerine with a broad blackish tail (length 16 cm, wing 6 cm, bill 1.4 cm, tarsus 2.4 cm, tail 14.7 cm). The upperparts are rufous-brown heavily streaked with black except for the rufous rump and wings, the streaks on the nape are white or buff. It has a white supercilium and the underparts are mostly white but for its flanks and sides of the breast which are rufous-buff. The dark blackish-brown tail is broad with white tips to the feathers, most visible from below. Its irises are reddish-brown, the legs and feet are fleshy-brown and the bill is brown. It breeds in July-August. It feeds on insects.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Chaetornis striata
(Bristled Grassbird) -
Zosterops palpebrosus
(Red-billed Scimitar-babbler) -
Argya caudata
(Striated Babbler) -
Actinodura egertoni
(Bar-tailed Treecreeper) -
Pellorneum albiventre
(Buff‑breasted Babbler) -
Locustella davidi
(Baikal Grasshopper-warbler) -
Orthotomus sutorius
(Common Tailorbird) -
Yuhina castaniceps
(Oriental White‑eye) -
Phylloscopus fuscatus
(Dusky Warbler) -
Psittiparus ruficeps
(Striated Yuhina)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Paul(www.inaturalist.org/people/Paul),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Paul(www.inaturalist.org/people/Paul),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.