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 LC    Friendly Bush-Warbler* Id (Atlas):
    Locustella accentor

Description (10)
Image of Friendly Bush-Warbler
 

Other Names (World)
Friendly Grasshopper-warbler, Friendly Bush-Warbler, Friendly Warbler, Friendly Scrub-warbler, Kinabalu Bush-warbler, Kinabalu Warbler, Kinabalu Scrub-warbler, Friendly Bush Warbler

Family
Locustellidae (Grasshopper-warblers And Grassbirds)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1888)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 2,135 - 2,745 m, occasionally to 3,660 m.

Range (Guide)
Malaysia.

Mt Kinabalu and adjoining peaks of Mt Trus Madi and Tam Boyukan, in northern Borneo (Sabah).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A sharp, hissing alarm call. A weak single whistle.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

 
Friendly Bush Warbler (Locustella accentor) [XC502133]
     by Brendan Sloan from , Malaysia (song)

 
Friendly Bush Warbler (Locustella accentor) [XC244176]
     by Keith Blomerley from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Distinctive warbler of uncertain affinities. Seemingly closest to Long-tailed Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella caudata), which it resembles both in plumage and in song, but the two differ significantly in features of the tail and in foot size.


References
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Files:
JPG files for Friendly Bush-Warbler (Locustella accentor) - 10 files


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