Lanceolated Warbler
Locustella lanceolata
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The lanceolated warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the genus Locustella. It breeds from northwest European Russia across the Palearctic to northern Hokkaidō, Japan. It is migratory, wintering in Southeast Asia. The genus name Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta, "grasshopper". This refers to the song of the common grasshopper warbler and some others in this genus. The specific lanceolata is Latin for "spear-shaped" and refers to the streaks on the breast.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Locustellidae
- Genus
- Locustella