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Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler

Warblers & Tailorbirds

Helopsaltes ochotensis

Also known as: Middendorff's Warbler

Basic stats

Diet

Insects

Habitat

Coastal scrub, grassland during migration

Range

Breeds northeast Asia, winters through the Philippines and Sundaland

Clutch size

4–6 eggs (on breeding grounds)

Incubation period

About 13 days

Size

Medium-small (14–16cm)

Wingspan

~19–21cm

Weight

~13–17g

A plain, unstreaked Locustella warbler that breeds in Siberia and the Russian Far East and passes through or winters in Borneo in small numbers.

Skulking and quiet outside the breeding season, it keeps low in coastal scrub and grass, rarely showing well as it forages for insects.

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