The fan-tailed grassbird or broad-tailed warbler (''Catriscus brevirostris'') is an African species of Old World warbler in the family

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 bird ...

. The species is closely related to the broad-tailed grassbird of India, and is sometimes treated as the same species,Madge, S. (2017). Fan-tailed Grassbird (Schoenicola brevirostris). In: del HoyAltouo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/58725 on 17 March 2017). although a 2018 study found that it and the broad-tailed grassbird were not closely related, with the Indian species being a sister of ''Chaetornis striata''. The species has a discontinuous distribution across Africa, and is found in Angola,

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

, Cameroon,

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, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

, Ethiopia, Gabon,

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria,

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, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is found in grassy areas dominated by grasses, sedges or shrubs near water (streams, rivers or lakes), from .

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* Fan-tailed grassbird
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds

fan-tailed grassbird The fan-tailed grassbird or broad-tailed warbler (''Catriscus brevirostris'') is an African species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. The species is closely related to the broad-tailed grassbird of India, and is sometimes treated ...

Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa

Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Locustellidae-stub