Chinese Bush Warbler

Locustella tacsanowskia

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandGround nestTiny · 14 g

What the Chinese Bush Warbler sounds like

Sonogram of the Chinese Bush Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Munkhnast Dalannast · Call · Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, Mongolia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Chinese Bush Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chinese Bush Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in India, Hong Kong SAR China, Nepal.

About the Chinese Bush Warbler

The Chinese bush warbler is an Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1871. It breeds in the East Palearctic ; it winters to Northeast India, Yunnan and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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