648 LITTLE GRASSBIRD Megalurus gramineus
Australia (490)
Found in dense wetland vegetation: cumbungi, reeds, rushes, canegrass, lignum, vegetation on bore-drains,; tidal-marshes, salt-lakes; mangroves. 13-15 cm. Range: e. and sw. Aust., Bass Strait islands, Tas., w. to Eyre Pen. (SA), Gulf Coast (Q). Patchy inland pockets of suitable habitats to Kununurra (n. WA). Locally common.
