Long-billed Bush Warbler (Locustella major)
About the Long-billed Bush Warbler
The long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major) is a rare species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is found in China, India, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. It is also known as the long-billed grasshopper warbler. The Long-billed bush warbler was described by Irish ornithologist William Edwin Brooks in 1871 with the given type locality of "Kashmir". He gave it the name Dumeticola major, with Dumeticola meaning inhabiting thickets, owing to the habitat of the bird and major being a reference to it being larger than the Baikal bush warbler (then under the name Dumeticola affinis). It was later placed in the genus Locustella, which is a reference to the locust-like call of the birds in the genus. There are currently two recognized subspecies:
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 2 recordings for this species: 2 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.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in India in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Chinese Bush WarblerLocustella tacsanowskiarecording
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviarecording
- Javan Bush WarblerLocustella montisrecording
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilisrecording
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.