Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella certhiola (Pallas, 1811)

2020-06-28 Tyumen region, Uvat district, t. Turtas.	© Dmitry Nizovtsev

Description

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler is rare breeding migrant. It inhabits wet meadows and marshes with tall grass and scattered bushes and trees at 800-2100 m. On migration occurs in reed beds. Appears in mid-June. It breeds in separate pairs. Nest is built in dwarf birch bushes at 5-20 cm above ground, or in sedge tussock; from dry grass. Clutches of 4-6 eggs is founded in end of June - late July. Both parents feed juveniles, which fledge in July - August. In autumn Pallas' Grasshopper Warbler leaves breeding places in late August - early September. On Alakol lake it recorded in end July - late August, near Dzharkent in end August - early September.

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