Locustella davidi
Silhouette: Afsarnayakkan · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Baikal Bush-Warbler sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 76th most-seen of the 131 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Baikal Bush-Warbler in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November, the lowest month. That is one of Jiuzhaigou National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 15 mm in December. January to March have too few records to rate.
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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Baikal Bush-Warbler sightings, Jiuzhaigou National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Kaziranga National Park (India, under 5%) and Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Baikal Bush-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (13 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
