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The Locustellidae are a product of the break-up of the Sylviidae, a huge assemblage usually referred to as 'warblers' in English. (Others include the Acrocephalidae, Phylloscipidae, and Scotocercidae, as well as part of the Sylviidae.)
Originally, the collective Thai name for warblers and the other smallest insect-eating native birds was the onomatopoetic term นกกระจิบ nók krà-cìp ('krà-cìp bird'). Today นกกระจิบ nók krà-cìp is ornithologically restricted to tailorbirds and prinias in the family Cisticolidae. Current ornithological warbler names were largely coined by a Thai ornithologist, with each name covering several large groups within the old Sylviidae.
Although the Locustellidae in Thailand comprise only two genera, they use three different names. This is because some of the genus Locustella were earlier placed with other genera, notably Bradypterus, giving rise to the current mixed naming.
Species belonging to the original Locustella are known as นกพงตั๊กแต nók pʰoŋ-tá-ka-taeen 'grasshopper-thicket-bird', modelled on the older English term 'grasshopper warbler'. This incorporates one of the main Thai ornithological names for the old Sylviidae assemblage, นกพง nók pʰoŋ 'thicket-bird'. This name is also used for the Acrocephalidae and for the genus Graminicola (Pellorneidae).
Species belonging to the original Bradypterus are identified as นกกระจ้อย nók krà-côaay 'very-small bird'. This is another of the main ornithological names coined for the old Sylviidae. It is based on the adjective (กระ)จ้อย (krà-)côaay 'tiny, very small, etc.'. Besides Bradypterus, the name is now used for many genera in the Scotocercidae and a couple of species in the genus Seicercus (Phylloscopidae), as well as the Gerygone fly-eaters or wren warblers (Acanthizidae). From English influence, in popular language กระจ้อย krà-côaay now also means 'warbler' in the sense of a human songstress.
The genus Megalurus has only one member, Megalurus palustris, which goes by the distinctive name of นกหางนาค nók hăaŋ-nâak naga-tail (bird)', owing to the similarity of its graduated tail feathers to the multiple heads of the 'naga' (Sanskrit and Pali nāgá), a deity or being taking the form of a huge snake.
Family name
The family name used here, วงศ์นกพงตั๊กแตนและนกกระจ้อย woŋ nók pʰoŋ-tá-ka-taeen láe nók krà-côaay ('grasshopper-thicketbird and warbler family'), is from (23), where it is proposed as a name for the prospective family of Locustellidae (Megaluridae). At the time this was envisaged as comprising the Megalurus, Graminicola, Bradypterus, and Locustella genera.
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
THAI |
OTHER S. E. ASIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
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| Locustella | ||||||||
Latin |
English |
Thai |
Other Th |
Malaysian |
Indonesian |
Vietnamese |
Chinese |
Japanese |
Locustella certhiola |
Rusty-rumped warbler Pallas's grasshopper-warbler Pallas's grasshopper warbler |
นกพงตั๊กแตนท้ายทอยสีเทา nók pʰoŋ-tá-ka-taeen tʰáay-tʰoaay-sĭi-tʰaw 'grey-naped grasshopper-thicket-bird' |
Burung Cekup Belakang Perang 'auburn-backed warbler (bird)' (26, 27) Burung Cekup Belalang 'grasshopper warbler (bird)' (24) |
Burung Kecici Belalang 'grasshopper locustella (bird)' (from Javanese cici / kecici 'prinia') |
Chim Chích đầm lầy lớn 'large marsh warbler (bird)' (12) |
小蝗莺 (小蝗鶯) 'small grasshopper-warbler' Taiwan: (小蝗莺) 小蝗鶯 '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' |
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| Locustella lanceolata |
Lanceolated warbler Lanceolated grasshopper warbler |
นกพงตั๊กแตนอกลาย nók pʰoŋ-tá-ka-taeen òk-laay 'stripe-breasted grasshopper-thicket-bird' |
Burung Cekup Jalur 'striped warbler (bird)' (26, 27) Burung Cekup Tikus 'mouse warbler (bird)' (24) |
Burung Kecici Lurik 'barred locustella (bird)' (from Javanese cici / kecici 'prinia') |
Chim Chích đầm lầy nhỏ 'small marsh warbler (bird)' (12, 13) |
矛斑蝗莺 (矛斑蝗鶯) 'lance-striped grasshopper-warbler' Taiwan: (茅斑蝗莺) 茅斑蝗鶯 'thatch-striped grasshopper-warbler' |
マキノセンニュウ (牧野仙入 ~ 牧野潜入) makino sennyū 'pasture-land grasshopperwarbler' |
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| Locustella luteoventris Bradypterus luteoventris |
Brown bush warbler Brown bush-warbler Russet scrub warbler |
นกกระจ้อยสีน้ำตาล nók krà-côaay sĭi-nám-taan 'brown very-small bird' |
Chim Chích bụi rậm nâu 'brown thicket warbler (bird)' (13) Chim Chích ngực vàng 'yellow-breasted warbler (bird)' (12, 34) (Conflicts with Phylloscopus ricketti) |
棕褐短翅莺 (柳褐短翅鶯) 'reddishbrown-brown short-winged warbler' |
チャイロオウギセッカ (茶色扇雪加 ~ 茶色扇雪下) cha-iro ōgi sekka 'brown fan cisticola' |
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| Locustella tacsanowskia Bradypterus tacsanowskius |
Chinese bush warbler Chinese bush-warbler Chinese scrub warbler |
นกกระจ้อยพันธุ์จีน nók krà-côaay pʰan ciin 'Chinese species very-small bird' |
Chim Chích ngực hung 'reddish-breasted warbler (bird)' (12, 34) |
中华短翅莺 (中華短翅鶯) 'Chinese short-winged warbler' |
シベリアオウギセッカ (シベリア扇雪加 ~ シベリア扇雪下) shiberia ōgi sekka 'Siberian fan cisticola' |
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| Locustella davidi Bradypterus davidi |
Baikal bush warbler Spotted bush-warbler Spotted scrub warbler |
Bradypterus davidi: นกกระจ้อยอกเทา nók krà-côaay òk-tʰaw 'grey-breasted very-small bird' |
Chim Chích họng vạch 'line-throated warbler (bird)' (12) |
北短翅莺 (北短翅鶯) 'northern short-winged warbler' (Avibase) |
シベリアムナフオウギセッカ (シベリア胸斑扇雪加 ~ シベリア喉斑扇雪下) shiberia-muna-fu ōgi sekka 'Siberian stripe-breasted fan cisticola' (Avibase) |
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| Locustella mandelli Bradypterus mandelli Bradypterus seebohmi  Taxonomy |
Russet Bush Warbler Russet Bush-warbler Mountain scrub warbler Mountain bush warbler |
นกกระจ้อยเขาสูง nók krà-côaay kʰăw-sŭuŋ 'high-mountain very-small bird' |
Bradypterus seebohmi: Chim Chích nâu đỏ 'red-brown warbler (bird)' (12, 13, 34) |
高山短翅莺 (高山短翅鶯) 'high-mountain 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' |
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| Megalurus | ||||||||
Latin |
English |
Thai |
Other Th |
Malaysian |
Indonesian |
Vietnamese |
Chinese |
Japanese |
| Megalurus palustris |
Striated grassbird Striated canegrass warbler Striated marsh warbler |
นกหางนาค nók hăaŋ-nâak 'naga-tail (bird)' |
Burung Cica-koreng Jawa 'Javanese streaked-bulbul (bird)' (see also leafbirds) |
Chim Chiền chiện lớn 'large prinia (bird)' (12, 34) |
沼泽大尾莺 (沼澤大尾鶯) 'swamp large-tailed warbler' |
オニセッカ (鬼雪下 ~ 鬼雪加) oni sekka 'ogre cisticola' |
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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.
ไพล pʰlay (Zingiber cassumunar, Zingiber montanum, or Zingiber purpureum) is a plant in the ginger family (Zingiberidae) widely used in traditional Thai medicine. Extracts typically have a greenish yellow to brown colour, and the name is used here as a colour word equivalent to English 'olivaceous'.
นาค nâak 'naga', from Sanskrit and Pali nāgá, is the name of a deity or kind of being taking the form of a huge snake, sometimes with multiple heads. Here the graduated tail feathers of Megaluris palustris suggest the traditional representation of the heads of a multiheaded naga.
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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
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A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of China Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2005
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