Gray’s Grasshopper-Warbler / Locustella fasciolata
WBN 
Gray's Grasshopper-Warbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Acrocephalus fasciolatus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1860) (1860), Pt(28)3 p.349
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Locustellidae / Locustella
Taxonomy Code: grgwar1
Type Locality: Batchian (= Batjan), Moluccas.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1861
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).
fasciolata / fasciolatus
Med. L. fasciolatus bandaged < L. fasciola little band < dim. fascia band.
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)
