Broad-tailed Grassbird

Broad-tailed GrassbirdThis grassland bird is endemic to India's Western Ghats. It breeds on grassy or bracken-covered slopes and in wet patches, nesting within grass.What does it look like?The 2017 study records a difference in color at the base of the bill between adult males and females.How does it live?This grassland bird is endemic to India's Western Ghats. It breeds on grassy or bracken-covered slopes and in wet patches, nesting within grass.It uses grassy or bracken-covered slopes and wet patches. At Belgaum, observers recorded a small grass nest about 40 cm above ground. The female incubated, and both adults brought insect larvae, grubs, and earthworms to the young.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.