Locustella luteoventris (Hodgson, 1845)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The brown bush warbler (Locustella luteoventris) is a songbird species. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage as Bradypterus luteoventrus, it is now placed in the newly recognized family Locustellidae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is boreal forests during breeding and subtropical and tropical forest in the winter quarters.
Wikipedia contributors, Brown bush warbler; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:01:13.138070+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Locustella luteoventris (Hodgson, 1845)
- Name authority
- (Hodgson, 1845)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Locustellidae
- Genus
- Locustella
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLocustellidae Bonaparte, 1875
- genusLocustella Kaup, 1829
- speciesLocustella luteoventris (Hodgson, 1845)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Locustella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Locustella montis (Hartert, 1896) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides (Savi, 1824) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Locustella alishanensis (Rasmussen, Round, Dickinson & Rozendaal, 2000) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallas's Grasshopper WarblerLocustella certhiola (Pallas, 1811) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Locustella seebohmi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Locustella amnicola Stepanyan, 1972 | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Locustella davidi (La Touche, 1923) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Locustella accentor (Sharpe, 1888) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Middendorff's Grasshopper WarblerLocustella ochotensis (Middendorff, 1853) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Locustella tacsanowskia Swinhoe, 1871 | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Locustella major (W. E. Brooks, 1871) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Locustella castanea (Büttikofer, 1893) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Bradypterus luteoventris (Hodgson, 1845) (Hodgson, 1845) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916901 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6QLK7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.