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Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus



Family: Locustellidae (Grasshopper-warblers and grassbirds)

Authority: (Jerdon, 1841)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2c+3c+4c;C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This grassland specialist has a small, rapidly declining population owing to the loss and degradation of the tall, dense grassland with wet soil on which it is totally dependent, primarily through drainage and conversion to agriculture. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable.



Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 2,490,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
AEMLAP

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bristled Grassbird Schoenicola striatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bristled-grassbird-schoenicola-striatus on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.