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Locustellidae is a result of the breakup of the huge Sylviidae family. Other families arising from this break-up include the Acrocephalidae, Phylloscipidae, and Scotocercidae, as well as part of the Sylviidae.
Like the rest of that family, locustellids are known in Chinese as 鶯 'warbler'. The sole genus found on Taiwan is Locustella, known as 蝗鶯 ('grasshopper-warbler') based on the scientific name, with the exception of Locustella alishanensis, originally Bradypterus alishanensis, which is known as 叢樹鶯 ('bush warbler').
The traditional meaning of 鶯 in Chinese is oriole; it was ornithologically adopted for the sylviid warblers under Japanese influence. This occurred in three stages: (1) The Japanese used the character for 'oriole', 鶯 , for the Japanese Bush Warbler or uguisu (Horornis diphone), or うぐいす uguisu, as they traditionally regarded it as the poetic equivalent of the Chinese oriole, (2) the name was eventually adopted as the family name of the Sylviidae -- 鶯科 uguisu-ka -- because of its salience, (3) this passed into Chinese ornithological terminology as 鶯科 , and the name was generally applied to the members of the family (See 'Of Orioles and Warblers'). Use of 鶯 as a general name for sylviid warblers dates back at least to 1927, when the first full list using Chinese names was published (35).
On the basis of this general name, the Sylviidae were given Chinese ornithological names to confirm with generic groupings. Names were heavily influenced by English or Latin naming. One early suggestion for Locustella (in 35) was 螞蚻鶯 'locust warbler', but eventually 蝗鶯 'grasshopper warbler' was adopted, presumably for the sake of uniformity.
Species names
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Locustella fasciolata |
Gray's warbler Gray's grasshopper-warbler Gray's grasshopper warbler |
蒼眉蝗鶯 (苍眉蝗莺) 'darkblue-eyebrowed grasshopper-warbler' |
(蒼眉蝗鶯) 苍眉蝗莺 'darkblue-eyebrowed grasshopper-warbler' |
黄眉鶯 (黄眉莺) 'yellow-eyebrowed warbler' |
エゾセンニュウ (蝦夷仙入 ~ 蝦夷潜入) ezo sennyū 'Hokkaido grasshopperwarbler' |
붉은허리개개비 bulgeun-heori-gaegaebi 'red-backed reedwarbler' |
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| Locustella certhiola |
Rusty-rumped warbler Pallas's grasshopper-warbler Pallas's grasshopper warbler |
小蝗鶯 (小蝗莺) 'small grasshopper-warbler' |
(小蝗鶯) 小蝗莺 'small grasshopper-warbler' |
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' |
북방개개비 bukbang-gaegaebi 'northern reedwarbler' |
Chim Chích đầm lầy lớn 'large marsh warbler (bird)' (12) |
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| Locustella ochotensis |
Middendorff's warbler Middendorff's grasshopper-warbler Middendorff's grasshopper warbler |
北蝗鶯 (北蝗莺) 'northern grasshopper-warbler' |
(北蝗鶯) 北蝗莺 'northern grasshopper-warbler' |
花尾鶯 (花尾莺) 'flowery-tailed warbler' |
シマセンニュウ (島仙入 ~ 島潜入) shima sennyū 'island grasshopperwarbler' |
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 |
史氏蝗鶯 (史氏蝗莺) 'Mr Shi's grasshopper-warbler' |
(史氏蝗鶯) 史氏蝗莺 'Mr Shi's grasshopper-warbler' |
ウチヤマセンニュウ (内山仙入 or 内山潜入) Uchiyama sennyū 'Uchiyama grasshopperwarbler' |
섬개개비 seom-gaegaebi 'island reedwarbler' |
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| Locustella lanceolata |
Lanceolated warbler Lanceolated grasshopper warbler |
茅斑蝗鶯 (茅斑莺) 'thatch-striped grasshopper-warbler' |
(矛斑蝗鶯) 矛斑蝗莺 'lance-striped grasshopper-warbler' |
マキノセンニュウ (牧野仙入 ~ 牧野潜入) makino sennyū 'pasture-land grasshopperwarbler' |
쥐발귀개개비 jwibalgwi-gaegaebi 'warbler reedwarbler' |
Chim Chích đầm lầy nhỏ 'small marsh warbler (bird)' (12, 13) |
Locustella alishanensis Bradypterus alishanensis |
Taiwan bush warbler | 台灣叢樹鶯 (台湾丛树莺) 'Taiwan bush warbler' |
(台灣短翅鶯) 台湾短翅莺 'Taiwan short-winged warbler' |
タイワンオオセッカ (台湾大雪加 ~ 台湾大雪下) taiwan ō sekka 'Taiwan large cisticola' |
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.
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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
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A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of the World Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2002
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