Styan's grasshopper warbler
Locustella pleskei Taczanowski, 1890
Status not recordedsongbirds
The styan's grasshopper warbler (Locustella pleskei) is a species in the family Locustellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 20 g.
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Quick facts about the styan's grasshopper warbler
- Weight
- 20 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the styan's grasshopper warbler live?
Not recorded
Is the styan's grasshopper warbler endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the styan's grasshopper warbler classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLocustellidae
- genusLocustella
- SpeciesLocustella pleskei Taczanowski, 1890
Synonyms Helopsaltes pleskei, Locustella certhiola plaskei, Locustella certhiola pleskei, Locustella styani
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- Pleske's grasshopper-warblerEnglish
- Pleske's grasshopper-warblerEnglish
- Pleske-SchwirlGerman
- engsangerNorwegian Bokmål
Relatives of the styan's grasshopper 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
CompareStyan's grasshopper warbler vs Common grasshopper warblerStyan's grasshopper warbler vs Savi's warblerStyan's grasshopper warbler vs River warblerStyan's grasshopper warbler vs Lanceolated warbler
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the styan's grasshopper warbler?
An adult styan's grasshopper warbler weighs 20 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the styan's grasshopper warbler?
The styan's grasshopper warbler (Locustella pleskei) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · 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 · 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 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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