The Indian grassbird is a passerine bird in the family Pellorneidae, formerly placed in the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae, and the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae. Graminicola bengalensis for those in India and Graminicola striatus for those in Vietnam.
1/ Indian grassbird (Chim cỏ Ấn Độ , Chim cỏ Ấn Độ, Graminicola bengalensis for those in India)
2/ Chinese grassbird (Chích đuôi dài, Chim cỏ Ấn Độ, Graminicola striatus for Vietnam)
Pellorneum, Pellorneidae: combines the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".
Graminicola: Latin gramen, graminis grass; -cola dweller (colere to inhabit).