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Middendorff’s Grasshopper-warbler Locustella ochotensis ochotensis

on 15th September 2019

“A tough Locustella Warbler (Locustella ochotensis ochotensis), commonly known as Middendorff’s Grasshopper-warbler, it is hard to see and uncommon even in Hokkaidō.

“Can look quite variable in different posture and lighting – all images are of the same bird.

The image below shows the warmer uppertail-coverts and rump, as well as the sub-terminal black spots and white tips of the tail. Kennerley et al 2010 suggest that L. o. ochotensis are warmer and have diffuse mantel streaking than the northern subspecies.

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
9th June 2019

Location: Notsuke Peninsula, North-East Hokkaidō, Japan

References
1.
Peter Kennerley, David Pearson, B Small. Reed and Bush Warblers. Helm Identification Guide. 2010.
2. Mark Brazil. Birds of Japan. Helm Field Guides 2018.

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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