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.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guinea
- Hungary
- India
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
- Western Sahara
- Zambia
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Common grasshopper warbler
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
