Common Grasshopper Warbler
Photo: Stefan Hage, Birds.se · CC BY-SA 3.0

Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies

Common Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella naevia

LCLeast Concern
Family
Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies (Locustellidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The common grasshopper warbler or just grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia) is a species of Old World warbler in the genus Locustella. It breeds across much of temperate Europe and the western Palearctic. It is migratory, wintering across northern tropical Africa just south of the Sahara, and also locally in India.
This small passerine bird is found in dense grassland vegetation, often close to water, and usually with a few small scattered shrubs.

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Range and habitat

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.