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Common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia)

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Common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia)

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Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Common grasshopper warbler Grassbirds and allies Perching birds Birds Chordate Animals
Sprinkhaanzanger Zangvogels Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Locustella naevia Locustellidae Passeriformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Oostvaardersplassen

2026:06:28 05:21:38
Common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia)
OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 10000, distance 34.4 m

Buytenpark, Zoetermeer

2014:04:21 09:22:27
Common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1000 sec at F5.6, ISO 250, distance 14.96 m

The grasshopper warbler lives up to its name: you hear a grasshopper or cricket, but you really hear a bird vibrating. Usually I identify a bird based on the photo, but here the sound was much more convincing.

Where I have seen this species

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Grassbirds and allies

Orders with photos