Baikal Bush-Warbler

Baikal Bush-Warbler

Locustella davidi

Silhouette: Afsarnayakkan · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Beijing

In 3 days <5%

38 Verified sightings at Beijing
35 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Baikal Bush-Warbler

The Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi), also known as Baikal grasshopper-warbler or David's bush warbler, is a migratory species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It breeds from the southern part of the Russian Far East (including the Lake Baikal region) to northeast China (southern Heilongjiang south to southern Hebei) and North Korea. It winters from southern China south to northern Thailand.

Its breeding habitat is taiga forests, especially in clearings or at streams. P.D. Round & V. Loskot, A reappraisal of the taxonomy of the Spotted Bush-Warbler Bradypterus thoracicus in Forktail 10 (1995): 159-172 Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:18

China · 2026

© He Wenjin · XC1180860 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:42

China · 2026

© Peter Boesman · XC1147602 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:42

Thailand · 2024

© Peter Ericsson · XC957979 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
~10%
2 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
3 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Dhaka 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
<5%
2 Beijing 🇨🇳 China
<5%
3 Bangkok 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
4 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
<5%
5 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Baikal Bush-Warbler in Beijing?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Baikal Bush-Warbler sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 236th most-seen of the 324 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Baikal Bush-Warbler in Beijing?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Baikal Bush-Warbler in Beijing on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Baikal Bush-Warbler?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Baikal Bush-Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Beijing the best place to see a Baikal Bush-Warbler?

Among the best

Of the 5 cities where we can rate Baikal Bush-Warbler sightings, Beijing ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Dhaka (Bangladesh, under 5%).

Where does the Baikal Bush-Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Baikal Bush-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Beijing (38 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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