Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species has a large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence under 20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (under 10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be over 10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (over 30% decline over ten years or three generations). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Population justification
The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally not uncommon (del Hoyo et al. 2006), while the population in China has been estimated at < c.100,000 breeding pairs and < c.1,000 individuals on migration (Brazil 2009). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 7.8% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.
Trend justification
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This species is a long-distance migrant, having a relatively large breeding range in the taiga zone of Russia and north-eastern China and wintering in Indochina. It is considered to be locally common in suitable areas both in the breeding and non-breeding range (particularly in Thailand, Myanmar and northern Laos).
The species breeds in thickets by streams and in clearings in taiga forest up to 1,200 m (del Hoyo et al. 2006). In the non-breeding season it is found in a variety of scrubby habitats in lowlands and foothills.
The species is considered unlikely to be imminently threatened by habitat loss.
Text account compilers
Rutherford, C.A.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Baikal Grasshopper-warbler Locustella davidi. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/baikal-grasshopper-warbler-locustella-davidi on 28/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 28/12/2024.