Little Grassbird

Poodytes gramineus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Locustellidae
Genus
Poodytes
eBird Code
litgra1

Taxonomy Changes

Megalurus gramineus Poodytes gramineus

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Vocalizations

Donald Davesne · CC_BY_4_0
J N. · CC0_1_0
bemma · CC_BY_4_0
Jono · CC_BY_4_0
John Cull · CC0_1_0
Pete Woodall · CC_BY_4_0
Jono · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • Poodytes gramineus goulburni

    central and eastern Australia (except Cape York Peninsula and Tasmania)

  • Poodytes gramineus gramineus

    Tasmania and King and Flinders islands (Bass Strait)

  • Poodytes gramineus papuensis

    western New Guinea (Wissel Lakes region)

  • Poodytes gramineus thomasi

    southwestern Australia (Shark Bay to Esperance)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.