Baikal Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella davidi)

Other Names (World)
Baikal Grasshopper-warbler, David's Bush-Warbler, Baikal Bush-warbler, Siberian Bush-warbler, Baikal Bush Warbler

Family
Locustellidae (Grasshopper-warblers And Grassbirds)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(La Touche, 1923)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, temperate shrubland. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B) (NB), Laos (NB), Myanmar (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Thailand (NB).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (124)...)

Baikal Bush Warbler (Locustella davidi) [XC430370]
by Stanislas Wroza from Inle Lake, Myanmar (call)

Baikal Bush Warbler (Locustella davidi) [XC864708]
by Bram Piot from , Bangladesh (call, subsong)

Subspecies
Bradypterus thoracicus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Spotted Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella thoracica) and Baikal Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella davidi) following Round and Loskot (1995).

Formerly considered conspecific with Spotted Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella thoracica), but differs vocally, morphologically and in migratory behaviour.

Proposed subspecies shanensis, described from specimens in non-breeding range (Myanmar), now considered to refer to suschkini, with which therefore synonymized; characters of stresemanni, described from south-eastern Russia (Amurland), fall within range of variation of nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

suschkini (Stegmann, 1929) - Breeds in south-central Siberia from Altai east to south-western Transbaikalia. Non-breeding south-eastern Asia (probably Myanmar and Thailand).
davidi (La Touche, 1923) - Breeds south-eastern Russia (south-eastern Transbaikalia east to western Amurland) and north-eastern China (south to northern Hubei). Non-breeding south-eastern Asia (probably northern Indochina).
shanensis Ticehurst, 1941 - Mountains of northern Myanmar. Winters to lowlands of Thailand.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Baikal Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella davidi) - 10 files

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