Baikal Bush Warbler - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by rockfowl
Beidaihe, China, May 2006

Locustella davidi

Distribution

Asia: found from Russia to China and south to Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina.

Taxonomy

Formerly included in Spotted Bush Warbler and in the genus Bradypterus

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1].

• L. t. davidi

  Breeds in southeastern Russia (from the southeastern Transbaikalia east to western Amurland) and northeastern China, probably also in central China (central Sichuan, southern Gansu, and southern Shaanxi); winters in southeast Asia, probably in northern Indochina

• L. t. suschkini

  Breeds in south central Siberia from Altai east to the southwestern Transbaikalia; winters in southeast Asia, probably in Myanmar and Thailand

Habitat

Boreal forests.

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Calls:

Recording by china guy, Sichuan, China, August 2011

Recording by Dahe, Jiufeng Shan, Sichuan, China Spring 2012

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Baikal Bush Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Baikal_Bush_Warbler

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