Locustella ochotensis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes ochotensis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It breeds in eastern Siberia to northern Japan, Kamchatka Peninsula and northern Kuril Islands. It winters in the Philippines, Borneo and Sulawesi and in small numbers in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and the U.S.A.
The common name commemorates Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815–1894), a German–Russian naturalist who traveled extensively in Siberia. Middendorff's grasshopper warbler is 15.5 cm (6.1 in) in length. The crown, nape, lores and eye-stripe are greyish brown. The mantle is browner and more olive. The supercilium is pale creamy, extending to the ear coverts. The rump and uppertail coverts are more yellowish or rufous brown. The graduated, white-tipped tail may appear rounded. Its song is a high-pitched, spaced chit, chit, which precedes a trilled trrrrrrrr-schoy-schoy-schoy, call; tluk, tluk,...; it also performs a short song flight. Its habitat is forests near water and scrubwoods. Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler sighting in Davao City on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 49th most-seen of the 100 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler in Davao City on a given day, against under 5% in June and September, the lowest months.
Yes
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler sightings, Davao City has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Hong Kong (China, under 5%) and Kaohsiung (Taiwan, under 5%).
Same family: Locustellidae
The closest relatives of the Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler that you can see in Davao City (family Locustellidae, Grassbirds and Allies) are Striated Grassbird (about 20%) and Tawny Grassbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Davao City (15 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.
