Friendly bush warbler
Locustella accentor (Sharpe, 1888)
The friendly bush warbler (Locustella accentor) is a species in the family Locustellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 14 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the friendly bush warbler
- Weight
- 14 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the friendly bush warbler live?
Not recorded
What is the friendly bush warbler?
The friendly bush warbler (Locustella accentor), also known as the Kinabalu friendly warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo.
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Is the friendly bush warbler endangered?
The friendly bush warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the friendly bush warbler classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLocustellidae
- genusLocustella
- SpeciesLocustella accentor (Sharpe, 1888)
Synonyms Androphilus accentor, Bradypterus accentor
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- Friendly bush-warblerEnglish
- Friendly grasshopper-warblerEnglish
- matoller del mont KinabaluCatalan
- cetie skvrnitohrdláCzech
- llwyndelor KinabaluWelsh
- Kinabalu KratsmutteDanish
- BorneoschwirlGerman
- BorneobuschsängerGerman
- kinabalua lokusteloEsperanto
- Zarzalero de KinabaluSpanish
- Zarzalero del KinabaluSpanish
- borneonmetsäkerttunenFinnish
- Bouscarle du KinabaluFrench
- Locustelle du KinabaluFrench
- borneanski cvrčićCroatian
- borneói bozótposzátaHungarian
- Ceret KinabaluIndonesian
- Macchiarolo amichevoleItalian
- ゴマフオウギセッカJapanese
- bornėjinė raibakrūtė devynbalsėLithuanian
- KinabalustruikzangerDutch
- kinabalusangerNorwegian
- świerszczak rdzawyPolish
- cigarrinha-amigávelPortuguese
- cigarrinha-do-kinabaluPortuguese
- Кинабальская пестрогрудкаRussian
- svrčiak machovýSlovak
- kinabalusmygsångareSwedish
- Kinabalu Çalı ÖtleğeniTurkish
- куцокрил борнейськийUkrainian
- 岩短翅鶯Chinese
- 岩短翅蝗莺Chinese
Relatives of the friendly bush warbler
Other species in the same genus Locustella.
Common grasshopper warbler
Locustella naevia
Savi's warbler
Locustella luscinioides
River warbler
Locustella fluviatilis
Lanceolated warbler
Locustella lanceolata
Chinese bush warbler
Locustella tacsanowskia
Spotted bush warbler
Locustella thoracica
CompareFriendly bush warbler vs Common grasshopper warblerFriendly bush warbler vs Savi's warblerFriendly bush warbler vs River warblerFriendly bush warbler vs Lanceolated warbler
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the friendly bush warbler?
An adult friendly bush warbler weighs 14 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the friendly bush warbler endangered?
The friendly bush warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the friendly bush warbler?
The friendly bush warbler (Locustella accentor) belongs to the family Locustellidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · 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 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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