Locustella fasciolata (G. R. Gray, 1861)

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 52

*GRAY’S GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella fasciolata #

Range Biak, Supiori, Owi, Yapen.

Status Palearctic migrant. Widespread Palearctic migrant throughout Wallacea (Coates & Bishop 1997) and western New Guinea (Beehler & Pratt 2016) . King (1979) collected a male in secondary woodland in southern Biak, in December 1962. KDB & JD found it common during October‒April. Several were recorded at c. 100 m intervals in low scrub along most roads in southern Biak. 13 and 15 January 1997: one heard singing and calling near Sansundi (SvB). Recorded on Owi in February 1991 ( Gibbs 1993) and on 13 January 1994 (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).