Gray's Grasshopper Warbler

Helopsaltes fasciolatus (Gray, GR, 1861)

≈17 cmLength27 gWeight

It has an unmarked olive-brown back, a uniformly gray breast and dark orange undertail-coverts.

Busiest months: May · Most records: China, Indonesia, Russia

How to identify

Field marks

Back olive-brown, without spots
Breast uniformly gray
Belly yellowish-brown
Undertail-coverts dark orange and unmarked

Voice

A short, loud song phrase, unlike the insect-like trill of European Locustella species and more musical than that of Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler.

Where and when it's recorded

Gray's Grasshopper Warbler has been recorded at 54 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 6 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Kaohsiung – Qijin VTC TowerTaiwan (China)106 records
Qigu IBATaiwan (China)79 records
Urqihan [General Area]China50 records

More places

Muravyevka ParkRussia38 records
Buli-Subaim Road – mountain passIndonesia24 records
Logging Track, ObiIndonesia21 records
Baengnyeong-do (island)South Korea15 records
Foli – old logging trackIndonesia13 records
Nanji Islands NNRChina13 records
Hangzhou Botanical GardenChina11 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China Indonesia Russia South Korea Mongolia Philippines

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

Gray's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus), also known as Gray's warbler, is a species of bird in the family Locustellidae; it was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

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Questions

How big is the Gray's Grasshopper Warbler?

The Gray's Grasshopper Warbler is about ≈17 cm long and weighs around 27 g.

Where does the Gray's Grasshopper Warbler live?

Its breeding range: Palearctic: southern Russia and northern Mongolia to southeastern Russia, northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula and northern Japan. It is most often recorded in China, Indonesia and Russia.