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| Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus
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| Photographer : | © C Susanthkumar |
| Location : | Altitude ca. 1200m, Ponmudi Hills, Kerala, India |
| Date : |
8 June 2006 |
| English synonyms: | Broad-tailed Warbler, Broad tailed Grassbird, Broad-tailed Grass Warbler, Broad-tailed Grass-Warbler, Broadtailed Grass-Warbler, Broadtailed Warbler, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Fan-tailed Swamp Warbler |
| Bird Family : | Megaluridae - Grassbirds |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Vulnerable |
| Remarks : | [This presumed] female was more shy than the male. It tended to skulk in the grass thickets. Here [the presumed] female tried to escape from me. The typical behaviour of this species endemic to Western Ghats is running and walking,while at the same time hiding in the grass thickets. - CS |
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