Tawny Grassbird
Megalurus timoriensis Wallace, 1864
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Megalurus timoriensis Wallace, 1864
- Name authority
- Wallace, 1864
- Common name
- Tawny Grassbird
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Locustellidae
- Genus
- Megalurus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLocustellidae Bonaparte, 1875
- genusMegalurus Horsfield, 1821
- speciesMegalurus timoriensis Wallace, 1864
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Megalurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Megalurus macrurus (Salvadori, 1876) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| FernbirdMegalurus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chatham FernbirdMegalurus rufescens (Buller, 1869) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Fly River GrassbirdMegalurus albolimbatus (Albertis & Salvadori, 1879) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megalurus carteri (North, 1900) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megalurus cruralis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little GrassbirdMegalurus gramineus (Gould, 1845) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megalurus mathewsi (Iredale, 1911) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris Horsfield, 1821 | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=561020 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3YW6S. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.