The tawny grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis) is a large songbird that is a member of the family Locustellidae commonly found in grassland and reedbed habitats. It is streaked above and has a distinctive rich brown cap. Its underside is paler and it has a long graduated tail. They call often with "loud, grumpy churring calls and a longer call that starts tick-tick-tick-tick and ends with an explosive descending trill".
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tawny Grassbird being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Spartonoica maluroides
- Cisticola lais
- Poodytes carteri
- Poodytes gramineus
- Cisticola aberrans
- Megalurus palustris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Locustellidae
- Genus
- Cincloramphus
- Species
- Cincloramphus timoriensis
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