West Himalayan Bush Warbler / Locustella kashmirensis
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West Himalayan Bush Warbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dumeticola thoracica kashmirensis Proc.BostonSoc.Nat.Hist. 38 p. 42
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Locustellidae / Locustella
Taxonomy Code: spobuw2
Type Locality: northwestern Himalayas.
Author: Sushkin
Publish Year: 1925
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).
kashmeriensis / kashmirensis / kashmirica / kashmiriensis
Kashmir.
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)
