Middendorff's grasshopper warbler
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Helopsaltes ochotensis

The Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes ochotensis ) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.It breeds in East Siberia to North Japan - Kamchatka Peninsula and North Kuril Islands and winters in the Philippines, Borneo and Sulawesi and in small numbers China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and the U.S.A.

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The common name commemorates Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815–1894), a German–Russian naturalist who traveled extensively in Siberia.

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Appearance

15.5 cm (6.1 in) length. Crown, nape, lores, eye-stripe greyish brown. Mantle browner and more olive. Supercilium pale creamy extending to ear coverts. Rump and uppertail coverts more yellowish or rufous brown. Graduated, white-tipped tail may appear rounded.Voice: Song; high-pitched, spaced chit, chit, precedes trilled trrrrrrrr-schoy-schoy-schoy, call; tluk, tluk,.... also a short song flight. Habitat: Forests near water and scrubwoods.

Middendorff's grasshopper warbler habitat map
Middendorff's grasshopper warbler
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References

1. Middendorff's grasshopper warbler Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middendorff's_grasshopper_warbler
2. Middendorff's grasshopper warbler on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22714669/94423719
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/451342

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