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Birdsong field guide

Buru Bush Warbler

Locustella disturbans

A small, secretive passerine endemic to the mountains of Buru Island, known for its skulking behavior in dense undergrowth.

What it sounds like

A series of thin, high-pitched, insect-like reeling notes or mechanical, buzzy trills.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Frank Lambert · IndonesiaCC BY-NC-ND Xeno-canto

Field notes

It was long treated as a subspecies of the Javan Bush Warbler before being recognized as a distinct species based on vocalizations and morphology.
The species is highly elusive, preferring to stay deep within thick mossy forest vegetation and ferns.
It exhibits a characteristically short-winged and long-tailed profile typical of the grassbird family, Locustellidae.
Very little is known about its specific breeding biology or total population size due to its remote, restricted range.
Its specific epithet 'disturbans' refers to the taxonomic 'disturbance' or confusion it caused among early ornithologists regarding its classification.

Habitat

Primary montane rainforest and mossy cloud forests, typically above 1,000 meters elevation.

Range

Endemic to the island of Buru in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Baikal Bush WarblerLocustella davidi Bamboo WarblerLocustella alfredi Benguet Bush WarblerLocustella seebohmi Brown Bush WarblerLocustella luteoventris Chinese Bush WarblerLocustella tacsanowskia Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia Dalat Bush WarblerLocustella idonea Friendly Bush WarblerLocustella accentor

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