Species Details

@Shahriar Rushdee,Bangladesh;

Common Grasshopper-warbler Did you see this animal?

Scientific Name : Locustella naevia
Family : Locustellidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Haors
 
Description : Common Grasshopper-warbler are small birds with black spotted head and is streaked with dark brown on the coverts and uppertail. Their head region and rump are olive brown while the underbody is white sometimes with pale streaking. Tail is brown.
 
Distribution in Bangladesh
References:
description written by:Zarin Tasnim,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Shahriar Rushdee,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.