Lanceolated Warbler

Locustella lanceolata (Temminck, 1840)

Locustellidae — Grassbirds & Allies

Lanceolated Warbler, Locustella lanceolata, is a passerine of the Locustellidae family that breeds in the northern and north-eastern Palearctic and spends the non-breeding season in south-east Asia. It is a small warbler of grassland with some shrubs or trees, often near water in bogs and wet clearings. Its breeding range runs from north-west European Russia to northern Hokkaidō in Japan. The bird is hard to detect because it keeps low in cover, moving through grass and sparse foliage, and it nests in a tussock. It has two recorded subspecies.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae — Grassbirds & Allies
Breeding range: Palearctic: n, ne
Nonbreeding range: se Asia