Lanceolated Warbler

Locustella lanceolataOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers (Sylviidae)

Codes: Common Name: LANW Scientific Name: LOCLAN ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179851

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Overview

Lanceolated Warbler: Medium warbler with streaked gray-yellow body. Underparts are white, brown streaked breast, flanks and undertail coverts. Brown legs, feet. Rare visitor to Alaska. Feeds on spiders, insects and their larvae. Direct flight close to the ground on shallow wing beats.

Range and Habitat

Lanceolated Warbler: Mainly an Asian species. Breeds from the central Urals in Russia east across Asia to Kamchatka, northern Japan and northeastern China. Accidental in fall migration on the North American west coast. Prefers dense vegetation and often found in reeds, rushes, and grassy meadows.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"rink-tink-tink", "pwit"

Interesting Facts

The Lanceolated Warbler was first described in 1840 by the Dutch aristocrat and zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

It is also known as the Streaked Warbler, the Grasshopper-warbler, and the Streaked Grasshopper-warbler.

They creep through grass and low foliage, and are difficult to see except sometimes when singing.

A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "confusion", "fall", and "wrench" of warblers.

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Lanceolated Warbler

● Song: "rink-tink-tink", "pwit"

● Foraging & Feeding: Lanceolated Warbler: Feeds on insects and other invertebrates.

● Breeding & nesting: Lanceolated Warbler: Three to five white eggs with gray or red brown spots are laid in a ground nest, usually next to the base of a bush or in a small hollow of dried grass and leaves.

● Similar species: Lanceolated Warbler: Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler is larger, darker brown, and lacks streaks on underparts and white-tipped tail with dark subterminal band.

Flight Pattern

Short flights with rapid wing beats.

Lanceolated Warbler Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Lanceolated Warbler: Mainly an Asian species. Breeds from the central Urals in Russia east across Asia to Kamchatka, northern Japan and northeastern China. Accidental in fall migration on the North American west coast. Prefers dense vegetation and often found in reeds, rushes, and grassy meadows.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationAccidental in North America

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.4 Ounces

Perching-like Body

Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Undertail coverts

Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.

Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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