Schoenicola
Genus of birds
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Schoenicola is a genus of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. There are two species, both from peninsular India. The genus has been placed in the subfamily Megalurinae.[2][3]
| Schoenicola | |
|---|---|
| |
| Broad-tailed grassbird (Schoenicola platyurus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Locustellidae |
| Genus: | Schoenicola Blyth, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Thimalia platyura[1] Jerdon, 1841 | |
A 2018 study found that the African species brevirostris formerly placed in the genus Schoenicola and the Indian species S. platyurus were not closely related, with the Indian species being a sister of the bristled grassbird, which was considered as Chaetornis striata.[4] The African species, fan-tailed grassbird, is now placed in its own monotypic genus Catriscus.
The genus currently contains the following species:
- Bristled grassbird (Schoenicola striatus)
- Broad-tailed grassbird (Schoenicola platyurus)
