Lanceolated warbler
| Lanceolated warbler | |
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| near Novosibirsk, Russia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Locustellidae |
| Genus: | Locustella |
| Species: | L. lanceolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Locustella lanceolata (Temminck, 1840)
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| Distribution of Lanceolated Warbler Breeding Non-breeding
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MHNT
The lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata) is a species of Old World warbler in the
Hokkaidō, Japan. It is migratory, wintering in Southeast Asia. The genus name Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta, "grasshopper".[2] This refers to the song of the common grasshopper warbler and some others in this genus.[3] The specific lanceolata is Latin for "spear-shaped" and refers to the streaks on the breast.[2]
This small
Shetland
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This is a small warbler. The adult has a streaked brown back and whitish grey underparts, which have small lance-head like streaks, that are also found on the undertail. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds are yellower below. Like most warblers, it is insectivorous.
This is a skulking species which is very difficult to see except sometimes when singing. It creeps through grass and low foliage.
The song is a monotonous mechanical insect-like reeling as in other species in the group, often given at dusk.
There are two subspecies recorded, as L. l. lanceolata (Temminck, 1840) and L. l. hendersonii (Cassin, 1858).
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ "Grasshopper". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)