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Lanceolated Warbler
Locustella lanceolata
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Lanceolated Warbler
The lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata) is a species of Old World warbler in the genus Locustella. It breeds from northwest European Russia across the Palearctic to northern Hokkaidō, Japan. It is migratory, wintering in Southeast Asia. The genus name Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta, "grasshopper". This refers to the song of the common grasshopper warbler and some others in this genus. The specific lanceolata is Latin for "spear-shaped" and refers to the streaks on the breast. This small passerine bird is a species found in grassland with some thicker shrubby vegetation or trees, often close to water in bogs or wet clearings. Five eggs are laid in a nest in a tussock. This species is a rare vagrant to western Europe.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Locustella lanceolata
- Family
- Grassbirds and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
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