Locustella ochotensis
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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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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler sighting in Seoul on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 218th most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler in Seoul on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
6th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler sightings, Seoul ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Davao City (Philippines, about 10%), Hong Kong (China, under 5%) and Kaohsiung (Taiwan, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler that you can see in Seoul (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Oriental Magpie (about 90%), Brown-eared Bulbul (about 90%) and Cinereous Tit (about 90%), 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 Seoul (11 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.
