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The Locustellidae are a family resulting from the break-up of the Sylviidae (Old World warblers). (Others include the Acrocephalidae, Phylloscipidae, and Scotocercidae, as well as part of the Sylviidae.)
All members of the Locustellidae in Japan belong to the genus Locustella, and, with one exception, are known as センニュウ sennyū in Japanese, written 仙入 or 潜入. The origin of the name is unclear. The two written forms mean 'fairy enter' or 'infiltrate' respectively, but both appear to be ateji (characters arbitrarily assigned to represent the pronunciation).
The one exception to this naming is Locustella pryeri, originally Megalurus pryeri, which is identified as a セッカ sekka. This is written 雪加 or 雪下, meaning 'snow add' and 'snow under' respectively. Both are unetymological and are merely a device for representing pronunciation. セッカ sekka on its own refers to the Zitting Cisticola - Cisticola juncidis, and with descriptors is also used for several species of acrocephalid warbler. In the tables it is glossed (rather unsatisfactorily) as 'cisticola'.
Species names
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Locustella fasciolata |
Gray's warbler Gray's grasshopper-warbler Gray's grasshopper warbler Locustelle fasciée Riesenschwirl Таежный сверчок |
エゾセンニュウ (蝦夷仙入 ~ 蝦夷潜入) ezo sennyū 'Hokkaido grasshopperwarbler' |
苍眉蝗莺 (蒼眉蝗鶯) 'darkblue-eyebrowed grasshopper-warbler' |
(苍眉蝗莺) 蒼眉蝗鶯 'darkblue-eyebrowed grasshopper-warbler' |
黄眉莺 (黃眉鶯) 'yellow-eyebrowed warbler' |
붉은허리개개비 bulgeun-heori-gaegaebi 'red-backed reedwarbler' |
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| Locustella amnicola |
Stepanyan's warbler Locustelle amnicole Sachalin Schwirl Сахалинский сверчок |
エゾセンニュウ (蝦夷仙入 ~ 蝦夷潜入) ezo sennyū 'Hokkaido grasshopperwarbler' (Shared with Locustella fasciolata) |
库页岛蝗莺 (庫頁島蝗鶯) 'Sakhalin grasshopper-warbler' or 斯氏蝗莺 (斯氏蝗鶯) 'Mr Si's grasshopper-warbler'(Avibase) |
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| Locustella pryeri Megalurus pryeri |
Japanese swamp warbler Japanese marsh warbler Streak-backed marsh warbler Streak-backed swamp warbler Mégalure du Japon Riedsänger Камышевка японская |
オオセッカ (大雪加 or 大雪下) ō-sekka 'large cisticola' |
斑背大尾莺 (斑背大尾鶯) 'stripe-backed large-tailed warbler' |
큰개개비 keun-gaegaebi 'large reedwarbler' |
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| Locustella certhiola |
Rusty-rumped warbler Pallas's grasshopper-warbler Pallas's grasshopper warbler Locustelle de Pallas Streifenschwirl Певчий сверчок |
シベリアセンニュウ (シベリア仙入 ~ シベリア潜入) shiberia sennyū 'Siberian grasshopperwarbler' |
小蝗莺 (小蝗鶯) 'small grasshopper-warbler' |
(小蝗莺) 小蝗鶯 'small grasshopper-warbler' |
북방개개비 bukbang-gaegaebi 'northern reedwarbler' |
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| Locustella ochotensis |
Middendorff's warbler Middendorff's grasshopper-warbler Middendorff's grasshopper warbler Locustelle de Middendorff Middendorff-Schwirl Охотский сверчок |
シマセンニュウ (島仙入 ~ 島潜入) shima sennyū 'island grasshopperwarbler' |
北蝗莺 (北蝗鶯) 'northern grasshopper-warbler' |
(北蝗莺) 北蝗鶯 'northern grasshopper-warbler' |
花尾莺 (花尾鶯) 'flowery-tailed warbler' |
알락꼬리쥐발귀 allak-kkori-jwibalgwi 'spot-tailed warbler' |
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| Locustella pleskei |
Styan's Warbler Pleske's Warbler Pleske's grasshopper-warbler Styan's grasshopper warbler Locustelle de Pleske Pleske-Schwirl Островной сверчок |
ウチヤマセンニュウ (内山仙入 or 内山潜入) uchiyama sennyū 'Uchiyama grasshopperwarbler' |
史氏蝗莺 (史氏蝗鶯) 'Mr Shi's grasshopper-warbler' |
(史氏蝗莺) 史氏蝗鶯 'Mr Shi's grasshopper-warbler' |
섬개개비 seom-gaegaebi 'island reedwarbler' |
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| Locustella lanceolata |
Lanceolated warbler Lanceolated grasshopper warbler Locustelle lancéolée Strichelschwirl Пятнистый сверчок |
マキノセンニュウ (牧野仙入 ~ 牧野潜入) makino sennyū 'pasture-land grasshopperwarbler' |
矛斑蝗莺 (矛斑蝗鶯) 'lance-striped grasshopper-warbler' |
(茅斑蝗莺) 茅斑蝗鶯 'thatch-striped grasshopper-warbler' |
쥐발귀개개비 jwibalgwi-gaegaebi 'warbler reedwarbler' |
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セッカ sekka is used in Japanese for several small warbling birds in the Cisticolidae, Locustellidae, and Phylloscopidae. The etymology is unknown. It is written with the ateji 雪加 (literally 'snow-add') or 雪下 (literally 'snow-below'), characters assigned on the basis of sound only with little or no relation to etymology or meaning.
Sennyū, a term for grasshopper-warblers, is of unknown etymology. It is written with characters meaning 'enter fairy' or 'infiltrate'. The characters function as ateji, an attempt to represent the pronunciation with characters that have little or no relationship to the meaning or etymology.
中国鸟类种和亚种分类名录大全（修订版） 郑作新 著 科学出版社 北京 2000年
A Complete Checklist of Species and Subspecies of the Chinese Birds (Revised Edition) by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 2000
中国鸟类分类与分布名录 主编：郑光美 科学出版社 北京 2005年
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of China Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2005
中国鸟类野外手册（中文版）约翰・马敬能、卡伦・菲利普斯，合作者：荷芬奇，翻译：卢和芬 湖南教育出版社 长沙 2000年
A Field Guide to the Birds of China (Chinese translation) by John MacKinnon, Karen Phillipps, in collaboration with He Fen-qi, translated by Lu Hefen, Hunan Jiaoyu Chubanshe (Hunan Educational Press) Changsha 2000
世界鸟类分类与分布名录 主编：郑光美 科学出版社 北京 2002年
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of the World Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2002
世界鸟类名称（拉丁文、汉文、英文对照）第二版 郑作新等 科学出版社 北京 2002年
Birds of the World (Latin, Chinese and English Names) 2nd ed. by Cheng Tso-Hsin et al, Science Press, Beijing 2002
中国鸟类分布名录 第二版 郑作新 科学出版社 北京 1976年
(Checklist of the Classification of Birds of China 2nd edition by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 1976)
香港及華南鳥類（第六版）（翻譯成中文及重新修訂） 尹璉、費嘉倫、林超英 香港性徵特區政府新聞處政府印務局 1994年
Birds of Hong Kong and South China (6th edition, translated into Chinese and newly revised) by Clive Viney, Karen Phillipps, Lin Chaoying, Hong Kong Govt. Press 1994
汉蒙名词术语分类词典（自然科学部分） Mongolian (Cyrillic): Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь (байгалийн шинжлэх ухааны бүлэг) (Chinese-Mongolian classified terminological dictionary, natural sciences part) by 《汉蒙名词术语分类词典》编纂委员会 Mongolian (Cyrillic): "Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь" найруулах комисс (Chinese-Mongolian classified terminological dictionary editorial committee), Inner Mongolian People's Press, Hohhot 1990
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