CreatureData

Spotted bush warbler

Locustella thoracica (Blyth, 1845)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica) is a species in the family Locustellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 10.8 g to 11 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the spotted bush warbler

Weight
10.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
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 spotted bush warbler live?

Not recorded

What is the spotted bush warbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.

It is found in the northern Himalayas, Yunnan and central China, in the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal. Its natural habitat is arboreal forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Spotted bush warbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spotted_bush_warbler&oldid=1344505478), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the spotted bush warbler endangered?

The spotted bush warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. 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 spotted bush warbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyLocustellidae
  6. genusLocustella
  7. SpeciesLocustella thoracica (Blyth, 1845)

Synonyms Bradypterus thoracicus, Bradypterus thoracicus thoracicus, Dumeticola thoracica

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Spotted bush-warblerEnglish
  • Spotted grasshopper-warblerEnglish
  • cetie skvrnitáCzech
  • llwyndelor mannogWelsh
  • Plettet KratsmutteDanish
  • FleckenschwirlGerman
  • FleckenbuschsängerGerman
  • makulbrusta lokusteloEsperanto
  • Zarzalero moteadoSpanish
  • täpläkerttunenFinnish
  • täplämetsäkerttunenFinnish
  • Bouscarle tachetéeFrench
  • Locustelle de BlythFrench
  • Ceolaire ballach an mhongaighIrish
  • pjegavoprsi cvrčićCroatian
  • foltos bozótposzátaHungarian
  • Macchiarolo macchiatoItalian
  • ノドフオウギセッカJapanese
  • mažoji raibakrūtė devynbalsėLithuanian
  • punktainais ķauķisLatvian
  • Gevlekte StruikzangerDutch
  • flekkbrystsangerNorwegian
  • świerszczak łuskogardłyPolish
  • cigarrinha-pintadaPortuguese
  • cigarrinha-de-peito-malhadoPortuguese
  • Малая пестрогрудкаRussian
  • Пятнистая пестрогрудкаRussian
  • Южная малая пестрогрудкаRussian
  • svrčiak hnedobokýSlovak
  • Pegavi cvrčićSerbian
  • fläckig smygsångareSwedish
  • นกกระจ้อยอกลายจุดThai
  • Benekli Çalı ÖtleğeniTurkish
  • куцокрил малийUkrainian
  • 斑胸短翅莺Chinese
  • 斑胸短翅蝗莺Chinese
  • 斑胸短翅鶯Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the spotted bush warbler

Other species in the same genus Locustella.

LC, Least Concern
River warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)

River warbler

Locustella fluviatilis

Locustellidae

CompareSpotted bush warbler vs Common grasshopper warblerSpotted bush warbler vs Savi's warblerSpotted bush warbler vs River warblerSpotted bush warbler vs Lanceolated warbler

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the spotted bush warbler?

An adult spotted bush warbler weighs 10.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the spotted bush warbler endangered?

The spotted 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 spotted bush warbler?

The spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica) 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.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-bush-warbler

MLA

“Spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-bush-warbler.

BibTeX
@misc{spotted_bush_warbler_2026,
  title = {Spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-bush-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}