Lanceolated Warbler
Introduction
In some ways more a mouse than a bird, this small, streaky brown bird is rarely seen off the ground, despite migrating thousands of miles from Siberia.
Most of the hundred plus records come from the Northern Isles, and fall in the autumn period (late-September to late-October).
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution. Most records of this Siberian vagrant are reported from the Northern Isles.
European Distribution Map
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Locustellidae
- Scientific name: Locustella lanceolata
- Authority: Temminck, 1840
- BTO 5-letter code: LANWA
- Euring code number: 12350
Alternate species names
- Catalan: boscaler pintat petit
- Czech: cvrcilka žíhaná
- Danish: Stribet Græshoppesanger
- Dutch: Kleine Sprinkhaanzanger
- Estonian: triip-ritsiklind
- Finnish: viirusirkkalintu
- French: Locustelle lancéolée
- German: Strichelschwirl
- Hungarian: foltos tücsökmadár
- Icelandic: Lensusöngvari
- Italian: Locustella lanceolata
- Latvian: lasainais kaukis
- Lithuanian: dryžuotasis žiogelis
- Norwegian: Stripesanger
- Polish: swierszczak nakrapiany
- Portuguese: cigarrinha-lanceolada
- Slovak: svrciak škvrnitý
- Slovenian: progasti kobilicar
- Spanish: Buscarla lanceolada
- Swedish: träsksångare
- Welsh: Troellwr Bach Rhesog
- English folkname(s): PG Tips
