Sakhalin grasshopper warbler
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| Sakhalin grasshopper warbler | |
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| from Hokkaido, Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Locustellidae |
| Genus: | Helopsaltes |
| Species: | H. amnicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Helopsaltes amnicola (Stepanyan, 1972)
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| Synonyms | |
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Locustella amnicola | |
Sakhalin grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes amnicola), is a species of grass warbler in the family Locustellidae; it was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This small passerine bird breeds on Sakhalin, the southern Kuril Islands and Hokkaido. It is a species found in lowland and coastal regions, nesting in forests or thickets.
Description
[edit]This is the largest of all the Locustella warblers, approaching the size of the great reed warbler. The adult has an unstreaked olive-brown back, uniformly grey breast and buff underparts, with unmottled dull orange undertail coverts.
The song is a short phrase, loud and distinctive; nothing like the insect-like reeling of European Locustella species, and more musical than that of Pallas's grasshopper warbler.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Helopsaltes amnicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T22734059A104196540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734059A104196540.en.
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