Gray's Grasshopper Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Gray's Warbler

Helopsaltes fasciolatus

Lucustella fasciolata

Identification

16·5–18 cm

Distribution

Found in northeast Asia: Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Tibet, North Korea, South Korea
and Southeast Asia: Philippines, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea,

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Formerly regarded conspecific with Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler.

Habitat

They breed in bamboo thickets, forest glades, meadows beside rivers and the fringes of taiga.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet is insects.

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. Lepage D. (2022) [1]. Retrieved 12 September 2022
3. Pearson, D. and G. M. Kirwan (2021). Gray's Grasshopper Warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.grgwar1.01.1

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray's Grasshopper Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray%27s_Grasshopper_Warbler

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