Chinese Grassbird

Chinese GrassbirdThis grassbird lives in tall grass. In Hong Kong, it hides in Miscanthus grassland and low bamboo, and shows a conspicuous black-and-white streaked nape patch on a warm brown body.What does it look like?About 16–18 cm long, with warm brown streaked head and back, a black-and-white streaked nape patch and pale buff underparts.How does it live?This grassbird lives in tall grass. In Hong Kong, it hides in Miscanthus grassland and low bamboo, and shows a conspicuous black-and-white streaked nape patch on a warm brown body.In Hong Kong it hides in tall Miscanthus grassland and some dwarf bamboo, and is recorded alone, in pairs or in small family parties. Its diet has not been studied; invertebrates are mentioned only in incidental reports.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.