Family Grasshopper-warblers and Grassbirds (Locustellidae)
Least Concern
Friendly Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella accentor)
Taxonomy
French: Locustelle du Kinabalu German: Borneoschwirl Spanish: Zarzalero del Kinabalu
Other common names:
Friendly Bush-warbler
Taxonomy:
Androphilus accentor
Sharpe
, 1888,Mount Kinabalu, north Borneo
.Distribution:
Mt Kinabalu and adjoining peaks of Mt Trus Madi and Tam Boyukan, in N Borneo (Sabah).
Descriptive notes
15 cm; c. 14 g. A rather small, dusky warbler, appearing all dark in gloom of forest shade, but whitish throat apparent as it faces observer. Plumage is almost uniformly dark... read more
Voice
Song, generally from low down in dense cover, a repeated short monotone buzzy note preceded by... read more
Habitat
Damp, dark rainforest undergrowth with moss-covered dead tree trunks and fallen branches; most... read more
Food and feeding
Contents of three stomachs included a number of small, round black beetles (Coleoptera), tiny flies (Diptera) and a small spider (Araneae... read more
Breeding
No information. Sings strongly in Jul and Aug.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Bornean Mountains EBA. Fairly common within its preferred altitudinal range; even here, however, population... read more
Previously placed in Bradypterus. Distinctive warbler of uncertain affinities; see L. caudata. Monotypic.