Middendorff’s Grasshopper-Warbler
Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler
Here the details of the Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sylvia (Locustella) Ochotensis ReiseNordOst.Sibir. 2 pt2 p.185 pl.16 fig.7,8
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Locustellidae / Locustella
Taxonomy Code: migwar
Type Locality: Udskoj Ostrog (= Udskoye), lower Uda River, Sea of Okhotsk.
Author: von Middendorff
Publish Year: 1853
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LOCUSTELLA
(Locustellidae; Ϯ Common Grasshopper Warbler L. naevia) Specific name Sylvia locustella Latham 1790 < Mod. L. locustella little grasshopper < dim. L. locusta grasshopper; from the whirring, high-pitched, insect-like song of the Common Grasshopper Warbler; "3. Sylvia locustella. ... 3. Heuschreckensänger. Locustella. E[ntwickelung]. Wie gewöhnlich. Ch[arakter]. Rohrsänger mit geflecktem Kopf, Rücken und unteren Schwanzdeckfedern. L[ebensart]. Sie gleichen den Rohrsängern, leben aber sehr versteckt." (Kaup 1829); "Locustella Kaup, 1829, Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte Europäisch. Thierwelt, p. 115. Type, by tautonymy, Sylvia locustella Latham = Motacilla naevia Boddaert." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 50) (see Salicaria).
Synon. Acridiornis, Aedonops, Aedonopsis, Dilara, Luscinioides, Lusciniopsis, Parnopia, Philomelopsis, Potamodus, Pseudoluscinia, Psithyroedus, Salicaria, Sibilatrix, Threnetria.
locustella
Mod. L. locustella little grasshopper < dim. L. locusta grasshopper.
● ex “Locustelle” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Locustella naevia).
● ex “Grasshopper Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Locustella naevia).
ochotensis
Sea of Okhotsk, Far Eastern Russia.
SUBSPECIES
Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler (subcerthiola)
SCI Name: Locustella ochotensis subcerthiola
subcerthiola
L. sub near to; specific name Motacilla certhiola Pallas, 1811 (syn. Locustella ochotensis).
Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler (ochotensis)
SCI Name: Locustella ochotensis ochotensis
ochotensis
Sea of Okhotsk, Far Eastern Russia.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)