Locustella [fluviatilis or luscinioides] (River/Savi's Warbler)

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River/Savi's Warbler

Locustella [fluviatilis or luscinioides]

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Locustellidae
Genus:
   null
Scientific:
  Locustella [fluviatilis or luscinioides]

Original description

Citation:

Reference:

Protonym:

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D547C4C23B78E83B

Avibase ID:
avibase-D547C4C2

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D547C4C2

Taxonomic Serial Number:

English:
River or Savi's Warbler
Arabic:
دُخَّلَةٌ نَهْرِيَّةٌسَافِيِّةٌ
Bulgarian:
Речен / Тръстиков цвъркач
Catalan:
boscaler fluvial/comú
Czech:
cvrčilka říční/slavíková
Danish:
Flodsanger/Savisanger
German:
Schlag-/Rohrschwirl
Greek:
Ποταμο/Καλαμοτριλιστής
Spanish:
Buscarla Fluvial/Unicolor
Spanish (Spain):
Buscarla fluvial/unicolor
Estonian:
jõgi-ritsiklind/roo-ritsiklind
Finnish:
viitasirkkalintu/ruokosirkkalintu
French:
Locustelle fluviatile ou L. luscinioïde
Hebrew:
חרגולן זמירי/נחלים
Croatian:
cvrčić potočar/veliki cvrčić
Icelandic:
Straum-/flóðsöngvari
Dutch:
Krekelzanger/Snor
Norwegian:
elvesanger/sumpsanger
Polish:
strumieniówka/brzęczka
Portuguese (Portugal):
Cigarrinha-ribeirinha/Cigarrinha-ruiva
Romanian:
Grelușel de zăvoi/de stuf
Slovak:
svrčiak riečny/slávikovitý
Slovenian:
Rečni/Trstni cvrčalec
Serbian:
Cvrčić potočar/obični cvrčić
Swedish:
flod-/vassångare
Turkish:
Ağaç/Bataklık Kamışçını
Ukrainian:
Кобилочка річкова/солов'їна

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): River or Savi's Warbler ( Locustella [fluviatilis or luscinioides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): River or Savi's Warbler ( Locustella [fluviatilis or luscinioides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): River or Savi's Warbler ( Locustella [fluviatilis or luscinioides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): River or Savi's Warbler ( Locustella [fluviatilis or luscinioides])
eBird version 2022: River/Savi's Warbler ( Locustella fluviatilis/luscinioides)
eBird version 2023: River/Savi's Warbler ( Locustella fluviatilis/luscinioides)
eBird version 2024: River/Savi's Warbler ( Locustella fluviatilis/luscinioides)
eBird version 2025: River/Savi's Warbler ( Locustella fluviatilis/luscinioides)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (slash)

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Locustella fluviatilis (taxon group)
Locustella luscinioides (taxon group)

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