Locustella

See also: locustella

Translingual

Etymology

Locusta +‎ -ella, from the cricket- or grasshopper-like chirping song of members of the genus

Proper noun

Locustella f

A taxonomic genus within the family Locustellidae – grass warblers.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Sylvioidea - superfamily; Locustellidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Locustella naevia (common grasshopper warbler) - type species; for other species see Locustella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Locustella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Locustella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Locustella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Audio recordings of Locustella naevia on Xeno-canto.
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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