Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major), recorded as Endangered
Long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Long-billed bush warbler

Locustella major

Long-billed bush warbler is a perching bird in the family Locustellidae (order Passeriformes) — Locustella major, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Locustella major
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Locustellidae · Locustella

Appearance

The Long-billed bush warbler is a small brown bird with pink legs, a relatively long black bill and brown eyes. Its body is brown with a pale breast, throat, and supercilium.

Published measurements include mass about 13.

Range and habitat

It is found in two disjunct populations, one (L. M. Major) occurs in Tajikistan, Pakistan, Ladakh, and Kashmir. The other (L. M. Innae) is found in the Kunlun Mountains in central Xinjiang, China. It is found in China, India, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Long-billed bush warbler is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Long-billed bush warbler, Wikidata item Q27075496. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Long-billed bush warbler?
Long-billed bush warbler is a perching bird in the family Locustellidae (order Passeriformes) — Locustella major.
What is the conservation status of Long-billed bush warbler?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Locustella major. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Long-billed bush warbler live?
It is found in two disjunct populations, one (L. M. Major) occurs in Tajikistan, Pakistan, Ladakh, and Kashmir.
Why is Long-billed bush warbler in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Locustella major?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Long-billed bush warbler a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.