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Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Helopsaltes certhiola
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About the Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola), also known as the rusty-rumped warbler, is an Old World warbler in the genus Helopsaltes. It breeds in the eastern Palearctic: from the Altai Mountains, Mongolia and Transbaikalia to northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and islands in the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin and Kuril Islands). It is migratory, wintering from India eastward to Indonesia. It is a rare migrant in Sri Lanka.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Helopsaltes certhiola
- Family
- Grassbirds and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
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