What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Tawny Grassbird been recorded?

Megalurus timoriensis occurrence evidence comes from 81 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1917 to 2025. Most records come from Philippines.

Tawny Grassbird
Tawny Grassbird — Photo (display-sized rendition): Aviceda · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesLocustellidaeMegalurus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

81 records across 4 countries and territories, 1917–2025.

Megalurus timoriensis · GBIF taxon key 9787200

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: April.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19172025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Tawny Grassbird has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Tawny Grassbird. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Philippines 41
Australia 33
Papua New Guinea 5
Indonesia 2

Related animals

Others in the family Locustellidae.

Common Grasshopper-Warbler
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163,201 records
Striated Grassbird
Striated Grassbird
93 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.