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| image = Indian Grassbird Wiki Loves Birds Nepal (cropped).jpg<br />
| image_caption = in [[Chitwan National Park]], [[Nepal]]<br />
| status = NT<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Graminicola bengalensis'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T103870362A131741770 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103870362A131741770.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| genus = Graminicola<br />
| species = bengalensis<br />
| authority = [[Thomas Claverhill Jerdon|Jerdon]], 1863<br />
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The '''Indian grassbird''' (''Graminicola bengalensis'') is a [[passerine]] bird in the family [[Pellorneidae]]. It was formerly placed in the [[Old World warbler]] family, [[Sylviidae]], and the Old World babbler family, [[Timaliidae]].<br />
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==Distribution and habitat==<br />
It occurs in tall emergent vegetation in or bordering freshwater swamps or along banks of rivers in the lowlands of [[Bangladesh]], northern [[India]], [[Bhutan]] and the [[Chitwan National Park]] of [[Nepal]]. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].<ref>BirdLife International (2008) ''Graminicola bengalensis.'' In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1.</ref><br />
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The [[Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve]] in [[Nepal]] represents the western limit of its distribution.<ref>Baral, H.S., Inskipp, C. (2009) ''The Birds of Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal.'' Our Nature (2009) 7: 56-81 [http://www.nepjol.info/nepal/index.php/ON/article/viewFile/2554/2278 download pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721232549/http://www.nepjol.info/nepal/index.php/ON/article/viewFile/2554/2278 |date=2011-07-21 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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* Collar, N. J., Robson, C. (2007) Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp.&nbsp;70 – 291 In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Christie, D.A. (eds.) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'', Vol. 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=7774&m=0 BirdLife International: ''Rufous-rumped Grassbird'']<br />
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[[Category:Graminicola|Indian grassbird]]<br />
[[Category:Birds of India]]<br />
[[Category:Birds of Northeast India]]<br />
[[Category:Birds of Nepal]]<br />
[[Category:Birds described in 1863|Indian grassbird]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Thomas C. Jerdon|Indian grassbird]]<br />
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