Locustella chengi (Sichuan Bush-Warbler)

Sichuan Bush-Warbler

Locustella chengi Alström, P; Xia C; Rasmussen, PC; Olsson, U; Dai B; Zhao J; Leader, PJ; Carey, GJ; Dong L; Cai T; Holt, PI; Hung Le Manh; Song G; Liu Yang; Zhang Y; Lei F 2015

The Sichuan bush warbler lives primarily in the thick brush and on tea plantations in five mountainous provinces of central China. It is a relatively small bird with a weight of 10 grams and an average length of 13 cm. Unlike its congener the russet bush warbler, which is found in the same mountains and also in the Himalayas, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia, the Sichuan bush warbler prefers elevations below 7,500 feet. The two species shared a common ancestor about 850,000 years ago. They are distinguished by plumage and sonogram terminology – their songs. Locustella chengi emits a long buzz, followed by a shorter click, often repeated in series, and the song is in a lower frequency than its genetic cousin. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Locustellidae
Genus:
   Locustella
Scientific:
  Locustella chengi

Original description

Citation:
Alström, P; Xia C; Rasmussen, PC; Olsson, U; Dai B; Zhao J; Leader, PJ; Carey, GJ; Dong L; Cai T; Holt, PI; Hung Le Manh; Song G; Liu Yang; Zhang Y; Lei F 2015

Reference:
Avian Res. 6 (9) doi 10.1186/s40657-015-0016-z

Protonym:
Locustella chengi

Link:
http://www.avianres.com/content/pdf/s40657-015-0016-z.pdf

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
E271592926CF7179

Avibase ID:
avibase-E2715929

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E2715929

Taxonomic Serial Number:

Geographic range:

Locustella chengi: breeds in southern China (Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, northwestern Hunan, and northwestern Jiangxi); nonbreeding range unknown

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Sichuan Bush-Warbler
Catalan:
boscarler de Sichuan
Danish:
Centralkinesisk Kratsmutte
German:
Sichuanschwirl
Spanish:
Zarzalero de Sichuan
Spanish (Spain):
Zarzalero de Sichuan
French:
Locustelle de Cheng
Croatian:
kineski cvrčić
Japanese (romaji):
shisen'oosekka
Japanese:
シセンオオセッカ
Dutch:
Sichuanstruikzanger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Taosongar
Norwegian:
taosanger
Polish:
świerszczak syczuański
Portuguese:
cigarrinha-de-sujuão
Portuguese (Portugal):
cigarrinha-do-sujuão
Russian:
Сычуаньская пестрогрудка
Slovak:
svrčiak sivý
Serbian:
Sečuanski cvrčić
Swedish:
sichuansmygsångare
Ukrainian:
куцокрил сичуанський
Chinese:
四川短翅莺
Chinese (Traditional):
四川短翅鶯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Avilist 2025: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Clements, version 2021: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Clements, version 2022: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Clements, version 2023: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Clements, version 2024: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Clements, version 2015: Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Clements, version 2016: Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Clements, version 2017: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Clements, version 2018: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Clements, version 2019: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
eBird version 2015: Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
eBird version 2016: Sichuan Bush-Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
eBird version 2017: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
eBird version 2018: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
eBird version 2019: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
eBird version 2021: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
eBird version 2022: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
eBird version 2023: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
eBird version 2024: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Sichuan Bush Warbler ( Locustella chengi)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: newly discovered taxon

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