Locustella major (W. E. Brooks, 1871)
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.
Long-billed Bush Warbler (Locustella major) captured at Naltar, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Nikon D500 and 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR. For detailed information about Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan visit <a href="https://www.birdsofgilgit.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.birdsofgilgit.com</a>
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Open encyclopedia reference
The long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major) is a rare species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.
It is found in China, India, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. It is also known as the long-billed grasshopper warbler.
Wikipedia contributors, Long-billed 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 major (W. E. Brooks, 1871)
- Name authority
- (W. E. Brooks, 1871)
- 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 major (W. E. Brooks, 1871)
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 luteoventris (Hodgson, 1845) | 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 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 major (W. E. Brooks, 1871) (W. E. Brooks, 1871) | 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=916899 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.
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:72LJV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.