Lanceolated Warbler

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

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

Breeding Location:

Wetlands, Meadows, grassy

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Accidental in North America

Egg Color:

White with gray or red brown spots

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

13 - 15

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Dry leaves, stalks, moss, and grass.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Lanceolated Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with streaked gray-yellow body. Sexes are similar. Rare visitor to Alaska.

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.

Breeding and 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.

Foraging and Feeding

Lanceolated Warbler: Feeds on insects and other invertebrates.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Lanceolated Warbler: Song is a thin, insect-like reeling sound, similar to a grasshopper. Distinctive call is a metallic "rink-tink-tink", delivered infrequently; also an explosive "pwit" and excited "chack" when disturbed.

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.

Percevia^® Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The Percevia field guides, database and search protocol patent pending.

The best bird guide and bird watching search engine to identify birds!

Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden.

Lanceolated Warbler

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.

● 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

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.

Field Guide to Birds of North America