Common Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella naevia (Boddaert, 1783)

Locustellidae — Grassbirds & Allies

Common Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella naevia, is a passerine of the Locustellidae that breeds widely across the Palearctic and spends the nonbreeding season in southern Asia and northern Africa. It is found in dense grassland, often near water, with a few scattered shrubs. The bird is hard to pick out in cover and is most often noticed when it sings from an exposed perch. Its song is a grasshopper-like reel, commonly heard at dawn or dusk. It nests low down in thick vegetation or in a grass tussock.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae — Grassbirds & Allies
Breeding range: Palearctic: widespread
Nonbreeding range: s Asia and n AF