Alternative names: Pallas' Warbler; Rusty-rumped Warbler
- Helopsaltes certhiola
Locustella certhiolus
Identification
13–14 cm (5-5½ in)
- Streaked brown back
- Whitish-grey underparts
- Whitish tips to tail feathers
Sexes identical
Similar Species
Similar to the Common Grasshopper Warbler.
Distribution
Asia. Breeds in Siberia. Migratory, wintering from India east to Indonesia.
Vagrant to the British Isles, particularly Shetland.
Taxonomy
This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of 4 subspecies.
Subspecies
- H. c. rubescens:
- H. c. sparsimstriatus:
- Southern Siberia to northern Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains and Transbaikalia
- H. c. certhiola:
- H. c. centralasiae:
- Southeastern Siberia to northeastern China; winters to Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands
An additional subspecies minor is generally considered invalid[1].
Habitat
Tall grass with some thicker vegetation, usually close to water in bogs or wet meadows.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insects. The feed mainly on the ground, generally in a horizontal pose, running and creeping around like a mouse.
Breeding
The clutch consists of 4 to 7 eggs which are laid in a nest on the ground in grass.
The male rises to about 10m in a brief song flight.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=4C3CF429E3FEFBA2 ]. Retrieved 17 July 2021
- Pearson, D. (2020). Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler (Locustella certhiola), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.pagwar1.01
- Wilipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pallas%27s_Grasshopper_Warbler
External Links
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