Schoenicola
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Schoenicola is a genus of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. There are two species, both from peninsular India. The genus has been placed in the subfamily Megalurinae.[2][3]
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Schoenicola | |
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Broad-tailed grassbird (Schoenicola platyurus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Locustellidae |
Genus: | Schoenicola Blyth, 1844 |
Type species | |
Thimalia platyura[1] Jerdon, 1841 |
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A 2018 study found that the African species brevirostris formerly placed in the genus Schoenicola and the Indian species S. platyurus were not closely related, with the Indian species being a sister of the bristled grassbird, which was considered as Chaetornis striata.[4] The African species, fan-tailed grassbird, is now placed in its own monotypic genus Catriscus.
The genus currently contains the following species:
- Bristled grassbird (Schoenicola striatus)
- Broad-tailed grassbird (Schoenicola platyurus)