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Emutail
The emutails are a pair of birds formerly assigned to the genus ''Dromaeocercus''. They are both placed in the family Locustellidae. * Brown emutail, ''Bradypterus brunneus'' * Grey emutail The grey emutail (''Bradypterus seebohmi''), also known as the Madagascan grassbird or feather-tailed warbler, is an emutail in the family Locustellidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shru ..., ''Bradypterus seebohmi'' Locustellidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Locustellidae-stub ...
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Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ...
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Brown Emutail
The brown emutail (''Bradypterus brunneus'') is an emutail in the family Locustellidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References brown emutail Endemic birds of Madagascar brown emutail Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fauna of the Madagascar lowland forests Fauna of the Madagascar subhumid forests {{Locustellidae-stub ...
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Grey Emutail
The grey emutail (''Bradypterus seebohmi''), also known as the Madagascan grassbird or feather-tailed warbler, is an emutail in the family Locustellidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and shrub-dominated wetland. The specific name ''seebohmi'' refers to Henry Seebohm. References grey emutail Endemic birds of Madagascar grey emutail The grey emutail (''Bradypterus seebohmi''), also known as the Madagascan grassbird or feather-tailed warbler, is an emutail in the family Locustellidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shru ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Locustellidae-stub ...
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Locustellidae
Locustellidae is a newly recognized family of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers"), formerly placed in the Old World warbler "wastebin" family. It contains the grass warblers, grassbirds, and the ''Bradypterus'' "bush warblers". These birds occur mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. The family name is sometimes given as Megaluridae, but Locustellidae has priority. The species are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed; the scientific name of the genus ''Megalurus'' in fact means "the large-tailed one" in plain English. They are less wren-like than the typical shrub-warblers (''Cettia''), but they are similarly drab brownish or buffy all over. They tend to be larger and slimmer than ''Cettia'' though, and many have bold dark streaks on wings and/or underside. Most live in scrubland and frequently hunt food by clambering through thick tangled growth or pursuing it on the ground; they are perhaps the most terrestrial of the "warblers". Ve ...
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