# Common grasshopper warbler (*Locustella naevia*)

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Data as of: 2026-11-11

The common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia) is a bird in the songbirds and other perching birds subgroup, belonging to the family Locustellidae in the order Passeriformes. It is a small, migratory invertivore of shrubland, with an adult body mass of 13.3 g and a wingspan of 17 cm. It reaches sexual maturity at 1 year, lays 5.5 eggs per clutch with 1.5 clutches per year, and has a lifespan of 5.4 years, with values up to 5.9 years reported. The IUCN Red List assesses it as Least Concern, which is not a threatened category, and its geographic range covers 7,985,000 km².

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 13 g – 13.3 g |
| Length | 13 cm |
| Wingspan | 17 cm |
| Lifespan | 5.36 years |
| Diet | Invertivore |
| Longest recorded lifespan | 5.92 years |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | shrubland |
| Young per litter or clutch | 5.5 |
| Age at maturity | 12 months |
| Litters or clutches a year | 1.5 |
| Reproduction | Eggs |
| Lifestyle | Generalist |
| Migration | Migratory |
| Conservation status | Least Concern (IUCN) |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Aves
- order: Passeriformes
- family: Locustellidae
- genus: Locustella
- species: *Locustella naevia* (Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms: *Acrocephalus fluviatilis*, *Calamoherpe locustella*, *Calamoherpe tenuirostris*, *Curruca locustella*, *Dilara locustella*, *Locustella anthirostris*, *Locustella avicula*, *Locustella locustella*, *Locustella rayi*, *Locustella vera anthirostris*, *Locustella vera fruticeti*, *Locustella vera major*, *Locustella vera tenuirostris*, *Motacilla naevia*, *Muscipeta locustella*, *Muscipeta olivacea*, *Parnopia locustella*, *Psithyredus locustella*, *Salicaria locustella*, *Sibilatrix locustella*, *Sylvia locustella*, *Threnetria naevia*

## Common questions

### What kind of animal is the common grasshopper warbler?

It is a bird in the songbirds and other perching birds subgroup, in the family Locustellidae of the order Passeriformes.

### How big is the common grasshopper warbler?

It is a small bird with an adult body mass of 13.3 g and a wingspan of 17 cm.

### What does the common grasshopper warbler eat?

It is an invertivore, and its trophic level is carnivore.

### Is the common grasshopper warbler endangered?

No. The IUCN Red List assesses it as Least Concern, which is not a threatened category.

### How long does the common grasshopper warbler live?

Its lifespan is 5.4 years, with values up to 5.9 years reported by sources.

### How many eggs does the common grasshopper warbler lay?

It lays 5.5 eggs per clutch, with 1.5 clutches per year, and reaches sexual maturity at 1 year.

### What habitat does the common grasshopper warbler use?

Its habitat is shrubland, and it is a migratory bird with a generalist foraging lifestyle.

## Sources

- [An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1), CC0 1.0, E096-269. Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1
- [AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7), CC BY 4.0, v7. Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7
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