# Common Grasshopper Warbler

*Locustella naevia*

Its song is a continuous mechanical reeling that can last for several minutes, sounding so much like a grasshopper that it often goes unnoticed by birdwatchers.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Locustellidae › Locustella
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** wetland
- **Habitat:** Damp scrub, marshes, rough grassland, and young forest plantations.
- **Diet:** Mainly insects, spiders, and other small invertebrates.
- **Range:** Europe, Temperate Asia, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
- **Size:** 12.5 cm length, 11-15g weight
- **Lifespan:** 2-5 years
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Habitat loss due to wetland drainage and intensification of agricultural land use.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless. This bird is extremely shy and difficult to spot. Maintain a quiet distance and avoid trampling through dense reeds or scrub where it may be nesting on the ground.

## About

The common grasshopper warbler ( Locustella naevia ) is a species of Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella . It breeds across much of temperate Europe and western Asia. It is migratory, wintering in north and west Africa. The genus name Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta , "grasshopper". Like the English name, this refers to the characteristic insect-like song of the common grasshopper warbler and some others in this genus. The specific...

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/58f2903d-36f3-4504-a8bc-0362a045a593
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116941
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locustella naevia
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/103290411/medium.jpeg (franciscodocampo, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

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