Common Grasshopper-Warbler

SCI Name:  Locustella naevia
Protonym:  Motacilla naevia TablePlanchesEnlum. p.35
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Locustellidae / Locustella
Taxonomy Code:  cogwar1
Type Locality:  Bologna, Italy.
Author:  Boddaert
Publish Year:  1783
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).

naevia
L. naevius  spotted, marked  < naevus  spot, blemish.
● ex “Aigle tacheté” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Aquila pomarina).
● ex “Calidris naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Maubèche tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 365, and “Freckled Sandpiper” of Latham 1785, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Calidris canutus).
● ex “Larus cinereus fissipes, rostro et pedibus rufescentibus” of Marsili 1726, “Larus fissipes” of Albin 1731, and “Sterna naevia” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● ex “Petit plongeon” of Brisson 1760, and “Grey Speckled Diver” of Pennant 1768 (syn. Gavia stellata).
● ex “Gallinula melanopus” or “Rothknussel” of Willughby 1676 and Ray 1713, “Glareola naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Giarole” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spotted Pratincole” of Latham 1785 (syn. Glareola pratincola).
● ex “Naevous Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage montrosieri).
● ex “Fauvette tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 581, fig. 3 (Locustella).
● ex “Boarina” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Ray 1713, and Willughby 1676, “Fig-eater” of Albin 1731-1738, and Latham 1783, “Curruca naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Fauvette tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 581, fig. 3, and “Bouvier” of Salerne 1767 (syn. Locustella naevia).
● ex “Fauvette tachetée de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 752, fig. 1 (syn. Parkesia noveboracensis).
● ex “Wall-creeper of Surinam” of Edwards 1751, “Sittelle grivelée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spotted Nuthatch” of Latham 1781 (Sclateria).
● ex “Coucou tacheté de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Tapera).
● ex “Pie-griêche tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 377 (syn. Tityra cayana).
● ex “Small Water-hen called Grinetta” of Willughby 1676, “Poliopus Gallinula minor” of Ray 1713, “Small Waterhen” of Albin 1738, “Porphyrio naevius” of Brisson 1760, “Grinette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grinette Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Zapornia parva).
● ex “Hoilotl” of Hernandez 1651, “Oenas mexicana” of Brisson 1760, and “Pigeon sauvage du Méxique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Zenaida macroura).

SUBSPECIES

Common Grasshopper-Warbler (naevia)
SCI Name: Locustella naevia naevia
naevia
L. naevius  spotted, marked  < naevus  spot, blemish.
● ex “Aigle tacheté” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Aquila pomarina).
● ex “Calidris naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Maubèche tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 365, and “Freckled Sandpiper” of Latham 1785, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Calidris canutus).
● ex “Larus cinereus fissipes, rostro et pedibus rufescentibus” of Marsili 1726, “Larus fissipes” of Albin 1731, and “Sterna naevia” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● ex “Petit plongeon” of Brisson 1760, and “Grey Speckled Diver” of Pennant 1768 (syn. Gavia stellata).
● ex “Gallinula melanopus” or “Rothknussel” of Willughby 1676 and Ray 1713, “Glareola naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Giarole” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spotted Pratincole” of Latham 1785 (syn. Glareola pratincola).
● ex “Naevous Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage montrosieri).
● ex “Fauvette tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 581, fig. 3 (Locustella).
● ex “Boarina” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Ray 1713, and Willughby 1676, “Fig-eater” of Albin 1731-1738, and Latham 1783, “Curruca naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Fauvette tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 581, fig. 3, and “Bouvier” of Salerne 1767 (syn. Locustella naevia).
● ex “Fauvette tachetée de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 752, fig. 1 (syn. Parkesia noveboracensis).
● ex “Wall-creeper of Surinam” of Edwards 1751, “Sittelle grivelée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spotted Nuthatch” of Latham 1781 (Sclateria).
● ex “Coucou tacheté de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Tapera).
● ex “Pie-griêche tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 377 (syn. Tityra cayana).
● ex “Small Water-hen called Grinetta” of Willughby 1676, “Poliopus Gallinula minor” of Ray 1713, “Small Waterhen” of Albin 1738, “Porphyrio naevius” of Brisson 1760, “Grinette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grinette Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Zapornia parva).
● ex “Hoilotl” of Hernandez 1651, “Oenas mexicana” of Brisson 1760, and “Pigeon sauvage du Méxique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Zenaida macroura).

Common Grasshopper-Warbler (obscurior)
SCI Name: Locustella naevia obscurior
obscurior / obscuriora
L. obscurior, obscurioris  darker  < comp. obscurus  dark, obscure.

Common Grasshopper-Warbler (straminea)
SCI Name: Locustella naevia straminea
straminea
Mod. L. stramineus  straw-yellow  < L. stramineus  made of straw  < stramen, straminis  straw  < sternere  to strew.

Common Grasshopper-Warbler (mongolica)
SCI Name: Locustella naevia mongolica
mongola / mongolica / mongolicus / mongolus
Mongolia. Until the early part of the 20^th century Mongolia was considered to include western Manchuria and parts of northern China.