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title: "Striated Grassbird"
description: "Megalurus palustris — Vogels. The striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris) is an \"Old World warbler\" species in the family Locustellidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/striated-grassbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Striated Grassbird

> Megalurus palustris — Vogels. The striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris) is an "Old World warbler" species in the family Locustellidae.

- Scientific name: *Megalurus palustris*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 941
- Wikidata: [Q73512](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73512)
- iNaturalist taxon: [116978](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116978)

## Names

- en: Striated Grassbird
- de: Strichelkopfschilfsteiger
- es: Yerbera Palustre
- fr: Mégalure des marais
- pl: Zwisogonek

## Countries with the most observations

PH (235), IN (213), ID (145), MY (80), TH (67), MM (28), BD (22), CN (20), KH (13), VN (11), PK (3)

## Summary

The striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris) is an "Old World warbler" species in the family Locustellidae. It was formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is now the only species placed in the genus Megalurus.
It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. 

Noisy and conspicuous, often sitting and calling exposed on tops of grasses, bushes and telephone wires. Note streaked crown and streaked upper breast.

This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striated_grassbird

## Photo

![Striated Grassbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/striated-grassbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: lovelymon lamin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35269873

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/striated-grassbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).