Tawny grassbird

Tawny grassbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Megalurus
Species: M. timoriensis
Binomial name
Megalurus timoriensis
Wallace, 1864

The tawny grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis) is a songbird species of the grass- and bush-warbler family (Locustellidae). It was formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines.

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