Marsh Grassbird
Helopsaltes pryeri
斑背大尾莺
Introduction
Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. Found in China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, and Russia. Inhabits natural swamp environments. Classified as threatened due to habitat loss.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Locustellidae
- Genus
- Helopsaltes
- eBird Code
- margra1
Taxonomy Changes
Locustella pryeri → Helopsaltes pryeri
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Subspecies (2)
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Helopsaltes pryeri pryeri
Honshu (Japan)
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Helopsaltes pryeri sinensis
reedbeds of northeastern China (eastern Liaoning and northeastern Hebei); winters southeastern China
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.