The grey emutail (''Bradypterus seebohmi''), also known as the Madagascan grassbird or feather-tailed warbler, is an
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 know ...
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 ...
.
It is found only in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
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Its natural
habitat
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s are
subtropical or tropical moist shrubland
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and shrub-dominated
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...
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The specific name ''seebohmi'' refers to
Henry Seebohm
Henry Seebohm (12 July 1832 – 26 November 1895) was an English steel manufacturer, and amateur ornithologist, oologist and traveller.
Biography
Henry was the oldest son of Benjamin Seebohm (1798–1871) who was a wool merchant at Horton Gra ...
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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 shru ...
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
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