Chinese bush warbler

The Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia) 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 (East Siberia to Tibet and South China); it winters to Northeast India, Yunnan and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Chinese bush warbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Locustella
Species:
L. tacsanowskia
Binomial name
Locustella tacsanowskia
(R. Swinhoe, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Bradypterus tacsanowskius

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Bradypterus tacsanowskia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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