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).

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) [XC659552]
by Common Jeff\uff08\u9ebb\u6770\u592b\uff09 from Wanglang Nature Reserve, Sichuan, Russian Federation (song)

Baikal Bush Warbler (Locustella davidi) [XC864707]
by Gary Allport from Nam Kham Nature Reserve, Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai, Bangladesh (call)

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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