Javan Bush Warbler

SCI Name:  Locustella montis
Protonym:  Stasiasticus montis Novit.Zool. 3 (4) p. 540
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Locustellidae / Locustella
Taxonomy Code:  jabwar1
Type Locality:  Mt. Arjuno, eastern Java; altitude 9,000-10,000 feet.
Author:  Hartert, E
Publish Year:  1896
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).

montis
L. mons, montis  mountain.

SUBSPECIES

Javan Bush Warbler (Javan)
SCI Name: Locustella montis montis
montis
L. mons, montis  mountain.

Javan Bush Warbler (Timor)
SCI Name: Locustella montis timorensis
timorense / timorensis / timoriense / timoriensis
Timor, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.