Gray's Grasshopper Warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus)
About the Gray's Grasshopper Warbler
Gray's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus), also known as Gray's warbler, is a species of bird in the family Locustellidae; it was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The Sakhalin grasshopper warbler was formerly considered conspecific. This small passerine bird breeds in southern Siberia, northeastern China and Korea. It is migratory, wintering in southeast Asia. It is a species found in lowland and coastal regions, nesting in forests or thickets. 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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 70 recordings for this species: 23 CC BY-NC-ND · 10 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in China, Indonesia, Russia, South Korea in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Pallas's Grasshopper WarblerHelopsaltes certhiolarecording
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