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Locustellidae

Synonyms: Megaluridae

Wikipedia Abstract

Locustellidae is a newly recognized family of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers"), formerly placed in the Old World warbler "wastebin" family. It contains the grass warblers, grassbirds, and the Bradypterus "bush warblers". These birds occur mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. The family name is sometimes given as Megaluridae, but Locustellidae has priority.
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Genus

Amphilais (1)
Bradypterus (13)
Buettikoferella (1)
Chaetornis (1)
Elaphrornis (1)
Helopsaltes (1)
Locustella (26)
Megalurulus (6)   (1)
Megalurus (10)
Poodytes (1)
Robsonius (3)
Schoenicola (2)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0